The European Union (EU) has decided to censor the Russian TV channels Russia Today and Sputnik on its territory. On Friday, the Swiss Federal Council announced that it was not aligning itself with this measure. This is good news, and here's why.
Eugénie Bastié, a journalist in the «Ideas» section of the French daily Le Figaro, offers her diagnosis of the «war of ideas» in France and the theme of immigration, which is present in its own way in the French intellectual debate and reveals new cleavages.
Jonas Follonier on Le PoinG
Quebec sociologist Mathieu Bock-Côté castigates the «diversitarian regime» that is tending to replace democracy as we know it in the Western world. Interview about his latest book, La révolution racialiste.
Editorial by Jonas Follonier
LONG-FORM ARTICLE, Jean-David Ponci | It is generally believed that, under Obama, the United States began to step back from its role as the world’s policeman. This trend has accelerated under Trump, whose «America First» slogan signals the U.S.’s withdrawal into itself. However, curiously enough, it is at the end of Trump’s term that a new global power—still in American hands—is demonstrating its strength. The GAFAM—an acronym for the major tech companies Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft—censor certain content for political reasons, revealing to a scandalized world that they are not merely service providers. This historic situation calls for reflection on the conditions necessary to guarantee freedom of expression on the Internet. Analysis.
This is undoubtedly one of the most important causes to champion today: pluralism. In recent years, the ravages of political correctness (there are things we’re allowed to say and things we’re not allowed to say), of ready-made thinking (avoid thinking for yourself by uncritically accepting ideas prepared for you), and intellectual trends (what you’re supposed to say to «look good») have been steadily undermining the very foundation upon which democratic discussion and civilized debate rest.
It's time for professional journalism. Let's seize the opportunity. The time has come to further professionalize this family of professions and activities, paradoxically relying on non-professionals as much as professionals. Whether you're an amateur or have a diploma, it doesn't matter. Instead, let us focus on the values of intellectual honesty, originality, determination, intellectual curiosity and human sensitivity.
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