Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Kate Playground Watch

MoDem on broadcasting. George

"NO" to the audiovisual Trust.

The reform of public broadcasting "deserves a vote of no confidence," said Francois Bayrou. "It goes back over 30 years ago." He called the project "regression to be unbearable for those who want France to be a democracy that respects the principles of allowing the people to be freely informed and therefore more responsible." For information "Independent" must "that budgetary independence is ensured," consider, he explained.

For the member of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques, "Returning to the essential issue that was one of Valery Giscard d'Estaing, breaking with the ORTF," by appointing the chairmen of the executive from public television , which will also "dismissed" by the authorities.

"The budget discussion will be renewed each year a challenge is a way for power and most of the time to hold public broadcasting," he said, denouncing "as addictive as many regressions ".

That was the official position. To this
I bring a small personal accuracy. at 74, when the bursting of the ORTF, the chairs were still appointed by the government. Only with François Mitterrand, with the creation of the High Authority which later became the CNCL and finally the CSA, that public broadcasting has taken a major step toward "independence.
Render unto Caesar what belongs Caesar.

memo, an article and a video on public television:
Sarkozy has little power over public broadcasting.
Do not turn off the TV public

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