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I have read [1] that France has a 24-hour period before voting where political reporting and campaigning are forbidden. Were these documents released during th
by elihu 10y ago
I have read [1] that France has a 24-hour period before voting where political reporting and campaigning are forbidden.
Were these documents released during the blackout period? If so, that's kind of clever, since it will presumably be all over social media, but more respected information sources who could debunk wild claims may be forced to remain silent.
[1] http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2017/Pres/Maps/May05.html/#item-8 http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2017/Pres/Maps/May05.html/#...
- ceejayoz 10y agoThey were released right before the blackout, yes. https://twitter.com/RachelDonadio/status/860624629899157506 https://twitter.com/RachelDonadio/status/860624629899157506
- mhh__ 10y agoWow, fancy that!
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- renaudg 10y agoYou got this exactly right.
- untog 10y agoThat might overstate the number of voters out there discussing this on social media. By it but being reported in mass media it might be that comparatively few people are ever aware of it.
- cm2187 10y agoBut on the other side if any wrong doing is exposed (which is far from granted) the press won't be able to use it. But the second round of the presidential election is too far in favour of Macron to be derailed anyway. Macron will get elected. What few non french nationals realise though is that the president in France has very little power unless he also controls the parliament. These leaks if they expose any wrong doing could affect the coming parliamentary elections for which getting an absolute majority is already a long shot to Macron.