“The hubbub strategy”: when a news channel finally talks about renewable energy… to maintain confusion

Analysis: According to the latest figures from the Media Observatory on Ecology, the heatwave has forced talk shows to focus on global warming, but with a focus on controversy over facts. A recent CNews broadcast illustrates this.

By Eric Aeschimann

Published on July 16, 2025 at 10:14 a.m. , updated July 16, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

Presenter Eliot Deval and former MP and LR vice-president Julien Aubert on the set of the show “l’Heure des pros”, broadcast on CNews and Europe 1, on July 8, 2024. — Presenter Eliot Deval and former MP and LR vice-president Julien Aubert on the set of the show "l'Heure des pros", broadcast on CNews and Europe 1, on July 8, 2024. CNEWS SCREEN CAPTURE

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"We hear too much from politicians and too little from specialists in the field." Generally, "L'Heure des pros," as its name suggests, is hosted by Pascal Praud. But this Tuesday, July 8, due to vacation, Eliot Deval is at the helm of the flagship program on CNews and Europe 1, two media outlets owned by reactionary billionaire Vincent Bolloré . One of the topics of the day: " renewable energies in turmoil." As a preamble, the replacement host hammers home his observation: "Through this debate, we are sidelining the specialists in the field, and it is the ideologues who have the upper hand. I can't understand why."

Eliot Deval is talking gold. For several weeks, on 24-hour news channels like his, discussions about global warming have been based less on the findings of scientists than on the agenda of political parties (right-wing, of course). This shift can be seen in figures in the note [ PDF ] published this Wednesday, July 16, by the Observatory of Media on Ecology (OME) on the first …