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And with this the government makes sure those media conglomerates have a positive opinion of the ruling party.

It's basically corruption no matter how you see it.

>And with this the government makes sure those media conglomerates have a positive opinion of the ruling party.

That probably got a hearty laugh, or at the very least a chuckle, from anybody familiar with French media.

They do adulate the ruling party/President.