2023 · Lafont Presse Éditions
Ras le bol de fermer ma gueule
Les 4 vérités d'un grand journaliste de télé
(Sick of keeping my mouth shut: a television journalist speaks his mind)
For decades my profession required restraint. I decided to break it. A polemic, written without rhetorical caution, by a man who has seen the world up close.
A news anchor does not give his opinion. That is the rule, and I respected it throughout my career. I gave others the floor, I reported the facts, and I kept what I thought to myself.
Then one day I had had enough. Enough of the same old refrains, enough of an orthodoxy that never admits to being one. I lived through France's post-war boom, I saw wars, dictatorships, countries being born and others coming apart. That does not always make one right, but it does earn one the right to speak.
This book goes through the big issues of the day in my own way: direct, sometimes caustic, fed by memories and, I hope, by a few useful proposals. You may disagree with me. In fact I recommend it: that is how a real conversation begins.
Worth knowing
- Published in December 2023.
- Illustrated with colour photographs from my career.
