She is not surprised but saddened.
Since Wednesday February 28, the image of Nathalie Saint-Cricq, political columnist for France Télévisions, has been used by La France Insoumise for a campaign on social networks intended to encourage its supporters to register on the electoral lists in view of the next European elections.
“Nathalie Saint-Cricq votes.
And you ?
» writes on its visual the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon about the journalist presumed hostile to his ideas.
Before it, this communication from the Insoumis had already singled out “the rich”, “the racists” or “the golfers”.
On the audiovisual side, she also targeted Pascal Praud of CNews and Christophe Barbier, editorialist for BFMTV.
⚠️ Nathalie Saint-Cricq votes, what about you?
➡️ https://t.co/rrBpN9n6Ro#onsregister pic.twitter.com/YdgDQeGJ66
— La France insoumise (@FranceInsoumise) February 28, 2024
“Attacks
policies against journalists” deemed “unacceptable” by Delphine Ernotte, the president of France Télévisions.
On Thursday, the latter announced that her group was going to take summary proceedings to court.
Objective: obtain the removal of the visual with Nathalie Saint-Cricq in the name of her image rights.
For its part, the Society of Public Service Journalists (SDJ) denounced in a press release a “denigration” of their colleague.
“I am not traumatized but these are quite distressing methods”
“Since when is it an insult to say that someone votes?”
» Manuel Bompard, the national coordinator of LFI, retorted on X.
Speaking to AFP, the politician estimated that his party's campaign included "strictly no attacks or personal accusations".
“I find it unhealthy and unpleasant,” Nathalie Saint-Cricq tells us.
If the face of the public service agrees with her employer's request to remove the visual, she does not want to “add more or come across as a victim”.
“I am not traumatized but these methods are quite distressing,” she regrets.
And added: “Finding yourself next to
Racists Vote
is shocking.
We can take journalists to task but on the merits.
Attacking people individually, I don't understand.
»
The editorialist, however, claims not to be "surprised" because it "is not the first time" that she has been targeted by Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party.
“They have the methods they have,” she emphasizes, specifying that this week’s episode reminded her of “the FN meetings” during which “Jean-Marie Le Pen made a certain number of journalists whistle.”