In an interview published this Saturday, February 10, 2024 in the columns of Le Parisien, journalist
Tristan Waleckx
, winner of the Albert-Londres audiovisual prize in 2017 for his portrait of Vincent Bolloré and head of “Complément d’investigation”, on France 2, since September 2021, has looked back with transparency and sincerity on the last months of his career, somewhat shaken up by various events.
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As a reminder, in October 2023, he was the subject of a complaint for defamation from Philippe de Villiers after the broadcast of an issue of the investigative magazine devoted to the backstage of the Vendée amusement park Puy du Fou.
At the same time, he received death threats at his home following the broadcast, after the October 7 attacks, of his documentary on Hamas.
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Let us also cite the virulent attacks made against him in the context of the Depardieu affair or in that of the subject devoted to Cyril Hanouna.
In short, it seemed that it had become difficult for him to get his head above water.
But no.
Quite the contrary.
Here he is at the head of
“La guerre de l'info”
, a new investigative magazine from the 2 devoted to disinformation and its origins.
Its launch will take place on Thursday February 15 at around 11 p.m.
A first issue devoted to the war between Israel and Hamas
“We have launched a new collection, a variation of 'Complément d'investigation' created by Zoé de Bussierre. The goal is to investigate disinformation and its origins: who has an interest in influencing us, who has an interest in exaggerating, or even sometimes outright lying to manipulate opinion? We realize that today information is used as a weapon and that is why we decided to title this new collection like that,”
he announces.
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For the first issue, devoted to another war, that between Israel and Hamas, the team went to meet, on the ground, those responsible for these communication or propaganda strategies.
A journalist went to Lebanon.
Another in Israel.
A third sought, in France, to find out who was hiding behind the Stars of David sprayed on the walls of Paris around Christmas.
Regular threats
On set, in the vein of “Complements d'investigation”, Tristan Waleckx will then welcome two guests, including the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominique de Villepin.
For the rest, although he regularly receives threats, he says he is very calm, accepting the controversies launched by some of his colleagues, once again affirming the veracity of each of the information that he and his team deliver, and putting the favorite threats into perspective. against him.
“Somewhere, it’s part of the game. When you do investigation, you provoke reactions. There, they are media, in an original form. But on other subjects, we have some that are not necessarily more pleasant. (...) But we are focused on our mission, without worrying about the ambient noise
,” he declares, confidently.