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Edwy Plenel: is the journalist detested by politicians and colleagues alike the most hated man in France?

Edwy Plenel is one of the most hated men in France. And also one of the most admired.

In a country in which good investigative journalism is as rare as good English wine, Mr Plenel, has turned French politics, and French journalism, on its head in the last two years. And especially in the last four months.

The Cahuzac scandal? A millionaire Socialist budget minister hid his money from the tax-man in illegal accounts abroad. That story was first broken by Mr Plenel’s online newspaper, Mediapart last December.

The Bettencourt affair? An audio tape led ultimately to a criminal investigation of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly defrauding a mentally ailing billionairess. The transcript was first published by Mediapart in 2010.

The “Gaddafi funded Sarkozy” affair? Mediapart published allegations last spring that Mr Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign took €50m from the Libyan dictator. A formal investigation has just been launched by the French prosecution

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All his articles

  • Democracy depends on factual truths being placed at the heart of public debate rather than the relativity of opinions, writes Mediapart publishing editor Edwy Plenel in this op-ed article. Beyond the urgent need to free the media from the control of monied interests, this was the key political question that was raised at a recent national convention on the independent press, in which Mediapart took part.

  • Far-right groups in France are carrying out more and more attacks against migrants, people of North African origin and Muslims, writes Mediapart publishing editor Edwy Plenel in this op-ed article. Yet, he argues, this racist and Islamophobic violence has not prompted the kind of political and media reaction warranted by such a dangerous situation.

  • The Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents a moral issue of universal importance, that of the equality of rights, says Mediapart publishing editor Edwy Plenel in this op-ed article. In parallel to Israel’s international legitimacy is a denial of the rights of Palestinians. Alarmed spectators, we disco

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    Mediapart

    French independent online newspaper

    Mediapart (French:[medjapaʁt]) is an independent nonprofit French investigative online newspaper created in 2008 by Edwy Plenel,[1] former editor-in-chief of Le Monde. It is published in French, English, and Spanish.

    It has produced hundreds of investigations over the past 15 years, on political corruption, financial fraud, environmental crimes, as well as on sexual harassment and police violence.

    The New York Times has called Mediapart "France's leading investigative news site"[4].

    The newspaper is owned by Le Fonds pour une Presse Libre, a non-profit trust created to support freedom of the press.

    In March 2021, Mediapart reached more than 220,000 paid subscribers.[5]

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    Mediapart's income is only derived from paid subscribers.[1] Unlike most French newspapers, Mediapart refuses to display any advertising. It also refuses all commercial partnerships.[6] Its official slogan is "Only Our Readers Can Buy Us". The New York Times has call

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