“Oh, it’s weird, I suspected it…”
Élise Lucet expected to be asked for her point of view on the appointment of
Rachida Dati
to the Ministry of Culture, who is also in charge public broadcasting.
She hadn't given it until now.
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In the show “On refait la télé” on RTL, the journalist-presenter of “Envoyé Spécial”, whose last issue on Kylian Mbappé on Thursday evening was a ratings success, considers that she does not have to fear the arrival of Rachida Dati to Culture.
For this simple reason:
“A priori no minister ever intervenes at France Télévisions.”
The anger of Rachida Dati
“First, frankly, we had the opportunity to discuss several times on sets, I interviewed her several times, and I remain convinced that no question is bad to ask
,” begins the journalist. .
Which thereby indicates that she considered the questions asked to Rachida Dati during their encounter in 2015 to be perfectly legitimate.
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For the purposes of a “Cash Investigation”, the journalist had questioned on the fly the MEP then suspected of a conflict of interest with Engie.
“I am not afraid of you, my poor daughter (...) Your career is pathetic
,” Rachida Dati told him, refusing his requests.
The future Minister of Culture then made it known that she found Élise Lucet's methods
“scandalous”
.
On RTL, Éric Dussart insists:
“Didn’t you jump for joy when you learned of his nomination?”
Calm and smiling, the journalist assures that she
“never jumps for joy when a minister is appointed.”
Before adding: “
In people's minds, it is the minister who chooses the president and the journalists of France Télévisions, but that is not how it happens.”
No reason either, according to Élise Lucet, to fear a shutdown of “Cash Investigation”:
“I don’t think so.
When we stop a show, it's because it no longer resonates with viewers, not because they have a phone call from a minister.
I’ve never seen that.”