Is it the magic of Christmas that made it appear on the front page of Paris Match the Christmas nativity scene at the Jean-Bosco home, in Paris (16th arrondissement)? Or is it thanks to the intervention of Vincent Bolloré? Whatever the case, this nativity scene on the cover does not leave the weekly’s journalists indifferent. And this, for several reasons, explained on Paris Match.
First of all, no article is devoted to this student hostel in Paris. This being the “property of the new main shareholder of the newspaper” aka Vincent Bolloré. Then editorially, the SDJ notes that subjects “developed within the magazine” such as the election of Miss France or the reconstruction of Notre-Dame “did not have the honors of our cover”.
A “break with the identity” of “Paris Match”?
Above all, the SDJ of the press title highlights the arrival of “new signatures from outside the newspaper known for their positions as traditionalist Catholics. Their articles are more religious presentations than reporting. This type of treatment has been recurring on our pages in recent weeks. » She is concerned about this “new editorial line” and asks “the management of Lagardère News to clarify, to the editorial staff, its position on this development, which breaks with the identity of our magazine”.
These concerns of the SDJ Paris Match follow in particular the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune (ex-Current values) at the head of Sunday newspaper this summer, the title of the Lagardère group also passed into the hands of Vincent Bolloré.