Guillaume Meurice dénonce une instrumentalisation de l’antisémitisme à des fins politiques

Guillaume Meurice denounces the exploitation of anti-Semitism for political purposes

France Inter

Guillaume Meurice, comedian and former columnist at France Inter, was fired from public radio for a joke deemed anti-Semitic. In an interview with Clément Viktorovitch, he discusses this affair and freedom of expression in the French media.
In this long interview, Guillaume Meurice discusses his dismissal from France Inter, after a joke deemed anti-Semitic. For him, this affair reveals the political pressure exerted on French public media. He denounces the exploitation of anti-Semitism for political purposes and a desire to depoliticize debates. According to him, this trend aims to remove any criticism of the dominant economic and political structure, by reducing ecological or social issues to questions of individual behavior. Guillaume Meurice is also concerned about the disappearance of satirical humor in French public media. He deplores the end of Charline Vanhoenacker’s show, which went from daily to weekly, and the forced departure of Nicole Ferroni. He believes that those in charge of France Inter want to get rid of satirical humor, which bothers them and makes them uncomfortable. For him, this trend is worrying for democracy and freedom of expression.n