Press, Crisis and liberty

Last week the French government asked the parliament to vote for the application of the law about "state of emergency" for a period of 3 weeks. This Law has not been used in France since the Algeria war in 1955.

This is an extract of this law
«Prendre toutes mesures pour assurer le contrôle de la presse et des publications de toute nature ainsi que celui des émissions radiophoniques, des projections cinématographiques et des représentations théâtrales.»
Following the translation
"Take all measures to get control of the press and publications of any kind, as well as radio broadcasting, cinema and theatrical performances"

We have to prize the French government for its restraint(!) in times of crisis. Without any doubt, muzzling the press was certainly the first and best measure to take in a country which wants to be a model of freedom and human rights…