This confidence of Mélenchon on Stéphane Bern is surprising – The HuffPost

THOMAS SAMSON / AFP Mélenchon, here at the Fête de l’Humanité, confides in Stéphane Bern THOMAS SAMSON / AFP Mélenchon, here at the Fête de l’Humanité, confides in Stéphane Bern POLITICS – Secret of History: Jean-Luc Mélenchon “loves” Stéphane Bern. Invited to speak at the Fête de l’Humanité this Saturday, September 10, the leader of rebellious France in the last presidential election spoke, for the first time, on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The whole, at the bend of a development on left populism, and while deploring at the same time the media treatment which is made in France of this very British event. “Thank you for asking me this kind of question,” he replied to the journalist from L’Humanité who questioned him, “because they don’t care. The media system is absolutely poor, it’s the moment that interests them. “And to add, a bit caustic: “Here we are going to eat the queen for ten days. “But if he regrets the omnipresence of the royal family in the news, because it eclipses subjects like” back to school “, the rebellious sees despite everything “a nice thing” with this hype: “We are going a lot see Stéphane Bern, and I adore him. Maybe he likes you… But I love him. “A confession which did not fail to provoke the laughter of the assistance, not necessarily the most inclined to be enthusiastic about the stories of the animator specialist in history and crowned heads. Not a fan for a long time We remember, for example, the recurring criticisms addressed by the lieutenant of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Alexis Corbière, deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis and professor of history by training, to Stéphane Bern. According to him, the man of radio and TV tells the story, in his broadcasts, only through the nobility and royalty, too often forgetting the revolutionary figures. In 2015, the elected official even signed an open letter to the president of France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte, in which he criticized the “ideological” content and “the very oriented choice of subjects” of Secrets d’Histoire, without however denying “the remarkable images” and “the endearing personality of its host. At the time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon had also signed the letter. See also on HuffPost: You cannot view this content because you have refused cookies associated with third-party content. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices.