Pierre Craig ?
4 novembre 2014
Pierre Craig : « Comme dirait l’autre, s’il y avait un problème d’influence indue sur l’ensemble des médias du Québec… on le saurait ! ».
Ce journaliste d'expérience ignorait les contraintes politiques sur Radio Canada. Le livre de Saulnier devrait le mettre à jour.Et la dernière nouvelle :
Les quatre syndicats du réseau français de CBC/Radio-Canada réclament la démission de sa haute direction et de tout son conseil d'administration.
Pour ce qui concerne Gesca La Presse. Il faut relire cet article du Globe and Mail (2005) qui confirme clairement que Desmarais intervenait dans ses médias pour faire avancer ses intérêts; et qu'il collectionnait les pions politiques pour les mêmes raisons :
The Power 25
Globe and Mail Friday, October 28, 2005
Et le numéro un est .....
1 - Paul Desmarais
Chairman, executive committee, Power Corp., Montreal
Desmarais chased after politicians. Now, he mentors them. If you want to figure out who the next federal Liberal leader will be....
It would be naive to think that Desmarais has never used his influence with, and much-envied access to, politicians to advance his own business and personal interests...
He became a media baron by buying La Presse, then Montreal's largest-circulation French-language daily. He wasted no time exercising his authority over the paper's content...
Desmarais' unabashedly federalist views, and evidence that he has used his wealth and newspapers to promote them, have made him an unloved figure in most of francophone Quebec...
Desmarais never expected much from Jean Charest and, hence, has not been surprised by his so far lacklustre performance as premier. He supported his recruitment as Liberal leader because it looked like the only way to foil the separatists, ...
Given all of the above, it goes without saying that political savvy is a job requirement at Power. Those without it need not apply. You may have a degree from Harvard Business School and crunch numbers better than a computer, but unless you know how public policy is made, how to navigate the political process or how bureaucrats think, you're of no interest to the House of Desmarais. This explains why so many members of the Power brain trust have worked in government and politics...
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