Two channels, two newsrooms, two different choices.
TF1 on one side and BFMTV on the other went to meet Devrim and his family.
Filmed at their home, the victims of the road accident caused by
Pierre Palmade on February 10 in Seine-et-Marne
agreed to speak in front of the camera.
In the report entitled
The first words of the injured child
introduced by Gilles Bouleau during the 20 Hours newscast of TF1, the 6-year-old boy spoke a few words the day after his return to school.
" I have a headache "
, we hear him say timidly, his face entirely blurred.
Only a long scar crossing his scalp and testifying to his long hospitalization was shown.
At his side, his uncle Hakki and his grandmother Halide spoke.
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At the same time, on channel 15 of TNT, BFMTV broadcast its own subject in which Devrim expresses himself openly, without any blurring.
Enclosed in his medical corset holding him the top of the bust, the neck and the chin, the little boy with the big blue eyes testified that he did not remember anything of the day of the accident.
Many viewers expressed their displeasure on social networks that the editorial staff of the news channel did not take care to hide the child's face.
"This interview was carried out with the agreement of Devrim's two parents, who did not want their son's face to be blurred"
, defended BFMTV on Tuesday evening.
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In "Calvi 3D", the channel's police-justice journalist, Matthias Tesson, spoke about the context of this interview with Devrim.
"It took place at the family home with the agreement of both parents,"
he said.
The family agreed to welcome us so that the young child could give his news publicly.
These victims do not want what happened to them to be forgotten
.
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