Is there too much Eric Zemmour on CNews?
According to our information, the Canal + ethics committee, seized by the presidency of Vincent Bolloré's group, will look into the question after the comments made by the polemicist on isolated minors in "Face à l'Info", Tuesday, September 29.
That day, Zemmour asserted that “they are thieves, they are murderers, they are rapists, that's all they are.
[…] All, all, all!
“Before timidly qualifying his attacks, relaunched by presenter Christine Kelly at the end of the show.
Too late, it was said.
In the process, the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation for "provocation to racial hatred" and "racist public insults", in parallel with the complaint of SOS Racisme and Licra, to which were added those of several departments .
VIDEO. Eric Zemmour targeted by an investigation after his comments on unaccompanied minors
It is now up to justice to decide, while Eric Zemmour was sentenced a few days ago to a fine of 10,000 euros, for the same reasons, after his speech on Islam and immigration, in September 2019, during of the right-wing convention organized by relatives of the former member of the National Front - now RN - Marion Maréchal.
For its part, the CSA has entrusted the file to an independent rapporteur and will transmit to the prosecutor any offense of which he is aware.
Offline to avoid surprises, but ...
But Eric Zemmour will also be the subject of a debate within the group that owns CNews.
In the coming days, the Canal + ethics committee will hear presenter Christine Kelly, the head of the news channel, Serge Nedjar, as well as the society of editors (SDR).
For the five members of this committee, composed among others of a former chain boss and several magistrates, it is not a question of pronouncing on the legality or not of the remarks of the star polemicist of "Face à l'Info », But rather to wonder about the place given to this one in prime time, from 7 to 8 pm.
And this, while there is no longer a real debater in front of him, as originally planned.
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In October 2019, the opinion of this ethics committee, to which we must add the pressure of the CSA and the editorial staff of CNews, had encouraged the channel to broadcast this program on a delayed basis - from 30 to 10 minutes, depending on the delay. of Zemmour - and no longer live, in order to "ensure the conditions for perfect editorial control".
Control of the antenna which poses a problem, also internally, while no cut was made on unaccompanied minors two weeks ago.