The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet and the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran denounced this Sunday the remarks made by the host Cyril Hanouna against the rebellious deputy Louis Boyard guest of the program ” Do not touch my post”, Thursday on the C8 channel.
During a sequence devoted to the Ocean Viking migrant boat in the program Louis Boyard, deputy since June and former columnist of the program, accused the “five richest people” in France of “impoverishing Africa” , citing in particular the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, owner of the Canal + group, to which C8 belongs. The tone quickly rose with Cyril Hanouna who called him “shit”, “moron”, “jester” and “lost”.
According to the President of the Assembly, the sequence is “degrading for the public debate and the people on the set”. “We must collectively speak out against this drift of public debate and debate in the media”, she pleaded on Radio J. The LFI group seized Arcom following the clash, and Yaël Braun-Pivet indicated having spoken with the president of this audiovisual policeman.
A commission of inquiry in the Assembly?
While Louis Boyard asked the Assembly to open a commission of inquiry into “the interference of Vincent Bolloré (owner of several channels including CNews) in the media” Yaël Braun-Pivet recalled that a commission of he inquiry into media concentration had already been conducted by the Senate, which had resulted last March in 32 recommendations. “I don’t know if we (the Assembly) should do the same,” she said, acknowledging that this issue needed to be addressed because “obviously, there is work to do.”
Olivier Véran, for his part, defended the rebellious deputy this Sunday. “Whether we like Louis Boyard or not, whether we share his ideas or not, he remains an elected official. He has the right to express himself as he sees fit and we certainly do not have to insult or insult him, ”he told BFMTV. “I deplore this spiral of permanent buzz”, he also declared, noting then that “Louis Boyard is a provocative deputy”.
The two leaders of the presidential majority agree that “politicians must speak to the French” and that it is difficult to boycott this or that broadcast. TPMP is a ratings success, with 1.8 million viewers on average and peaks at over 2 million.