He noted that journalism is one of the most closed professions in Europe, accessible mostly to children of the upper middle class. Last winter, a French TV crew was assaulted by a group of Yellow Vest protesters in Rouen, a town not far from Amiens. “Journalists don’t need to be ordered to like Macron,” Eribon told me. “German newspapers published the fact that the Yellow Vests were anti-Semitic,” Eribon went on. Finkielkraut hosts a program on one of France’s most prestigious radio channels and is a member of the Académie Française.

Source: New York Times March 31, 2020 09:00 UTC