Speech & media

For or against a media cordon sanitaire?

The test question and the possible answers

The media should not give live airtime to the far right (media cordon sanitaire).

What's at stake: The debate pits protecting democracy against ideas seen as dangerous and the right of all elected parties to be heard.

The left's argument

Letting the far right speak live on air normalises ideas hostile to democracy.

The right's argument

All elected parties must be able to speak: the cordon treats citizens like children.

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