Paul Amar graduated at the CFJ (Centre de formation des journalistes) of Paris.
He was forced to resign after hosting, on 1 June 1994, a debate between Jean-Marie Le Pen and Bernard Tapie during the campaign preceding the European election, in which he proposed boxing gloves to both opponents.
[1] From 1999 to 2004, he joined again Paris Première to interview every week for 52 minutes a personality in Recto-Verso,[2] with which he won a 7 d'Or in November 2004.
In 2001, he joined France 5 to present On aura tout lu and since April 2005, États Généraux, from September 2005 to June 2007.
[1] Since September 2007, Paul Amar presents Revu et corrigé every week on France 5, succeeding to Daniel Schneidermann and Arrêt sur images.