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“The RN has been boycotting, discrediting and attacking Quotidien teams for years,” added host and producer Yann Barthès. He criticized this party for “forbidding” access to its meetings to the programme’s journalists, victims according to him of “violence on the ground”.
Both were interviewed by the National Assembly’s commission of inquiry into the allocation of digital terrestrial television (DTT) frequencies. They were accompanied by journalist Julien Bellver and officials from TF1, the group to which TMC, the channel which broadcasts Quotidien, belongs.
“I’m not going to tell you that I’m delighted to be there,” said Yann Barthès, in a khaki fleece jacket which contrasted with the elegant suits and ties that he wears on air.
Tense and defensive, Mr. Barthès declared that the “editorial line” of the show was marked by “humanist, anti-racist values”.
“All political sensitivities are expressed in the show” and the “legal framework” is “perfectly respected”, argued Ara Aprikian, number 2 of the TF1 group. Speaking time is controlled by Arcom, the regulator, globally, both on the sets and in the recorded sequences. The rules could change after a recent decision by the Council of State on pluralism in the media.
Pluralism at the heart of the work
In recent weeks, the commission has also questioned the stars of CNews, including Pascal Praud, and that of C8, Cyril Hanouna.
These channels of the Canal+ group, in the hands of conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré, are accused by left-wing figures of promoting far-right opinions, which they contest.
Competitor of Quotidien with his show Touche pas à mon poste, Cyril Hanouna made fun of Yann Barthès on the social network It’s “Jean-Marc without Jeff Panacloc,” joked Mr. Hanouna, referring to a puppet and his famous ventriloquist.
After Quotidien, the commission heard, behind closed doors, the billionaire Rodolphe Saadé. His group, the shipowner CMA CGM, is in the process of buying BFMTV and RMC. This hearing took place a few days after a crisis within another media outlet of the group, the daily La Provence.
Its journalists went on a three-day strike to protest against the dismissal of the publishing director, who was subsequently reinstated. This layoff was due to a headline on Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Marseille deemed “ambiguous” by management.
Mr. Saadé recalled that a charter of editorial independence and ethics was going to be signed at La Provence, the same source added.
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