This documentary – filmed shortly after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris – asks if France truly applies the concept of freedom of speech for all of its citizens.
France has lauded the concept of freedom of speech since the deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks at the beginning of January. Terrorism won’t prevent French journalists from saying whatever they want to say, or so the argument goes.
But are France’s free speech values universal? On this week’s In Focus we’re in France shedding a spotlight on that country’s media and what it talks about, and perhaps more importantly, what it doesn’t talk about.
Is France truly the bastion of the free press it claims to be, or are its values laden with double standards and hypocrisy?
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