“Two serious attacks on the credibility of the channel”: the director of Franceinfo ruled out after two sequences on Gaza

Laurent Delpech dismissed. The director of the Franceinfo channel set out to withdraw after several controversial sequences on the air, AFP learned this Thursday with France Télévisions, confirming information from Figaro. The drafting of the public information channel was to rule on Friday on a motion of distrust aimed at its manager, in office since September.

The information director of France Télévisions, Alexandre Kara, told Le Figaro “redoubled a vigilance” and get involved in the coming weeks in the implementation of concrete measures to avoid “drifts”. “The manager has been laid off pending the results of the internal investigation which is diligent,” he was specified.

Hotel professionals to debate the Trump project for Gaza

On February 5 at the end of the evening, a new episode had embarrassed, on the set of presenter Julien Benedetto: guests including a hotel professional had concretely debated the possibility of transforming Gaza into “Côte d’Azur” . The speakers had then developed this idea of ​​Riviera formulated by the American president Donald Trump, but without taking from a distance or evoking the fate of the inhabitants.

Franceinfo and France Télévisions have been quick to condemn “a completely inappropriate and unfortunate sequence”, deleted from the chain’s site since. The Société des journalists de Franceinfo had denounced in a press release “two serious attacks” to the “credibility” of the chain in the space of fifteen days. “We deeply regret that they were able to shake the confidence of the public,” added the SDJ, asking for “decisions at the height of the issues”.

In Le Figaro, the information director has already announced that from now on, “a double validation over all the banners” will be necessary. In addition, “we will change the organization in order to strengthen exchanges around the validation of subjects,” said Alexandre Kara.