by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Eric Zemmour · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782234052178
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«Les rats de garde» is the essay by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor and Eric Zemmour, published by Stock in 2000 in paperback (110 pages, in French).
It critically analyzes the cult of transparency in French journalism: scrutiny of politicians' private lives, rise of sensationalism and possible flight of citizens from public life. It denounces transparency as a commercial argument to increase print runs and reviews French and American precedents of defamation.
The original edition, published in Paris, has 110 pages. ISBN 9782234052178. Dewey classification 320.23/0944.
For readers interested in media criticism, journalistic ethics and twentieth-century French politics.
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed "PPDA". With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008. He presented his last newscast on TF1 on 10 July 2008. Since 2021, a total of 27 women have accused Patrick Poivre d'Arvor of sexual assault or rape that would have allegedly happened during decades prior. Seventeen women filed a formal complaint. Among them, eight did so for alleged rape.
