[herbertgreen]

French newspapers are mostly french republic propaganda paid by the state, and laws and political decisions are tested with headlines like this.

This is public data, it's not a conspiracy. Lots of newspapers would not exist without the taxpayer money: https://www.culture.gouv.fr/thematiques/presse-ecrite/tablea...

[wiether]

Most of the big newspapers ARE propaganda tools and DO receive public money.

But they are not a State tool, they are the tools of they owners which are all private billionaires.

The public money is here to pretend that, because they receive it, they'll work for the interest of the public.

What it actually does is to lower the bill for their owners.

[bromuro]

So… taxpayers’ propaganda?

[sam_lowry_]

If you assume France is democracy )

[thrance]

Except the two newspapers here aren't public, they're right-wing rags: Le Figaro and Le Parisien, both owned by right-wing oligarchs (Dassault and Arnault respectively) trying to fuel this climate of fear and hate to further their economic interests by getting a right-wing demagogue elected. Both papers are caught lying all the time, like Fox News.