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Boulevard Voltaire is an extreme-right news website, launched by Robert Ménard and Dominique Jamet on October 1, 2012. The website's name would be a reference to "la rue" (English: the street) in Rue89 and to the website Réseau Voltaire.
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Robert Ménard and Dominique Jamet
When Boulevard Voltaire was launched, Jamet explained he was aiming at promoting "freedom" such as "freedom of expression, of tone, of speech" and "pluralism" in order to "express opinions that are not necessarily right-thinking and allowed by big publishing conglomerates and political parties".
Dominique Jamet
Dominique Jamet is the former editor in chief of the Quotidien de Paris and numerous other newspapers such as Marianne. He's in favour of total freedom of speech except for incitements of hatred, incitements to torture or murder.
Robert Ménard
Robert Ménard is a journalist and a politician, founder of the association Reporters sans frontières (RSF). In 2010, he became mayor of southern French city Béziers with the support of Marine Le Pen's National Front, Debout la France, Mouvement pour la France and Rassemblement pour la France.
History
This site is run by voluntary journalists and web hosting is financed by the ads on the website.
In the press release announcing the launch of Boulevard Votaire, some reference to numerous other French news websites:
″ We would say Boulevard Voltaire is not the French subsidiary of a North-American commercial company" referring to The Huffington Post.
"Boulevard voltaire is not an office specialized in exclusive revelations from the gutter, police source or political source″ referring to Mediapart.
″Boulevard Voltaire is not a branch establishment leaning against a big publishing conglomerate" referring to Rue89 bought up by Le Nouvel Observateur.