Geoffroy Lejeune and LCI, it's over.
The young boss of
Valeurs Actuelles
, the radical right-wing weekly under fire from critics and a judicial investigation since the publication on August 27 of a "political fiction" representing the deputy Danièle Obono (LFI) in slave, n he will no longer wear iron on the TF 1 group's news channel.
Recurring debater on the air, in particular in the program "24h Pujadas", he had been hired as a political columnist in the morning two years ago, and as opponent in front of the left psychiatrist Gérard Miller in the program of Arlette Chabot.
In this return, the 31-year-old journalist was to intervene twice a week in the 22h-midnight section led by Julien Arnaud.
But faced with the outcry generated by the weekly, the channel 26 channel takes the lead.
"This excess of current values contravenes our values"
The day after the opening of an investigation by the Paris prosecutor's office for "racist insults" targeting the weekly, Gilles Pélisson, CEO of TF 1, explained this decision to our colleagues in the World.
“As a citizen, I believe that what
Valeurs actuelle
has done
is unworthy of our time.
Until then, the presence on LCI of Geoffroy Lejeune could be justified in the debates of ideas, where all currents are expressed.
But this excess of current values contravenes our line and our values.
He will no longer be a columnist on LCI.
This is the decision that was taken this weekend by Fabien Namias [deputy general manager of LCI] and Thierry Thuillier [the general manager], ”he explains.
"I did not want to create a controversy"
Contacted, Geoffroy Lejeune, specifying "to learn this decision of LCI by our telephone call", did not wish to comment, deeming "very unfair" the outcry born of the publication of the magazine.
This admirer of Eric Zemmour has made his mark on television, and particularly on news channels, by his uninhibited remarks on immigration, identity or the monarchy.
He has just joined the team of columnists of “Balance your post!
“, The debate show hosted by Cyril Hanouna which is making its daily return on C8 this Tuesday.
Reiterating his apologies live, Geoffroy Lejeune pleaded the error in the face of Cyril Hanouna “extremely shocked” by the magazine.
“I didn't want to cause controversy.
There, there is something that I did not anticipate "justified the one who directs the weekly used to controversy since 2016, evoking a" bullshit "and a" trial of intent ".
For its part, LCI will continue to invite other representatives of “Current Values” as part of its contradictory debates.
“We make a television built on the debate of ideas, in respect, and not a Fox opinion television, on the controversy.
This bias perhaps slows down the channel's audience growth, but LCI will not deviate from this, ”indicates Gilles Pélisson in the columns of Le Monde.
The publication of the
current Values
issue
made the entire political class react.
From the rebels to the National Rally through the government, all denounced his "racism" and gave their support to the elected Parisian.
The head of state Emmanuel Macron called the MP on Saturday to inform her of his "clear condemnation of any form of racism".