The Media Show: France’s political crisis

《媒体秀:法国的政治危机》

The Explanation

2025-09-04

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France’s Prime Minister, François Bayrou, has called a parliamentary confidence vote after his proposals to abolish two public holidays triggered widespread opposition. The unrest has coincided with the emergence of a grassroots movement, ‘Bloquons Tout’, which began on messaging apps and is now pushing its message through social media. BBC News Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield assesses how French media outlets are reporting the crisis, while Paola Sedda, associate professor of Information and Communication Sciences at the University of Lille, examines the protesters’ tactics and their uneasy relationship with journalists. American Vogue has appointed Chloe Malle as its new head of editorial content, with Anna Wintour remaining in a senior role at Condé Nast. Michael Grynbaum, media correspondent at The New York Times, explains what the change signals for the future of glossy magazines. And a new book revisits the career of George Ward Price, the Daily Mail correspondent who became known for his extraordinary access to Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. Historian Richard Evans, author of Interviewing Hitler, tells his story. Presenters: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Assistant Producer: Lucy Wai Production Coordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Technical Coordinator: Craig Johnson Sound: Mike Campbell
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • Welcome to the explanation from the BBC World Service.

  • This is Rosette Gins and me, Katie Razzle, and this is The Media Show.

  • We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.

  • This week on The Media Show, why the French Prime Minister has turned to YouTube and podcasting.

  • A new editor has been announced at American Vogue.

  • and lessons for today's journalists from the reporter who made his name interviewing the dictators of the 1930s.

  • In France,

  • the prime minister has called a surprise confidence vote weeks after proposing dramatic budget cuts,

  • which includes scrapping some public holidays and freezing public spending.

  • Francois Beirut has launched a YouTube channel and taken to podcasting in an attempt to win support for his plans.

  • Meanwhile, a protest movement called Block en 2, which translates as Let's Block Everything,

  • has been mobilising online, with a national day of action set for September 10th.

  • Hugh Scofield is Paris correspondent for BBC News and he's been watching how it's playing out in the French media.

  • They all have their particular political access to grind, whether you're on the left,

  • the Liberation, the Monde, or the right with the Figaro and others.

  • But, I mean, there's a consensus that this is a,

  • you know, yet more crisis added on crisis and that...

  • If we're not in a kind of free revolutionary state quite,

  • that kind of vocabulary is beginning to appear.