“Treated twice as a collaborator and once as a traitor in one afternoon.” Little things. “ Saturday August 28, for the first time this summer, no journalist was molested during a demonstration by opponents of the health pass.
As evidenced by this SMS from Julien Pain, reporter for the Franceinfo television channel, the insults did not fail to erupt. Corn “I never felt in danger at any time. I worked as usual ”, insists the one who was preparing his magazine “True or fake”, which airs Sunday at 9:15 p.m. ” As usual “, that is to say with a security guard in his wake, ready to intervene in the event of a problem.
Since the mobilizations against the labor law in 2016, and more certainly since those of the “yellow vests”, covering the demonstrations is not without risk.
The list of incidents, more or less serious, which punctuated the summer, proves it: no one escapes it. Neither the journalists of the local stations – throwing eggs on the window of France Bleu Belfort-Montbéliard on July 31, insults uttered in front of France Bleu Roussillon in Perpignan, as well as at the headquarters of France 3 Caen on August 14 – nor those of France Télévisions – kicks given to France 2 reporters in Marseille, the July 24 – nor the written press – attempted intrusion into the offices of The Republican East, premises of Dauphiné released tagged on July 31, scattered newspapers in front The Independent, in Perpignan, August 21, nor the press agencies – spitting and insults to two colleagues of Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Paris, July 31.
Recurring brutalities, uninhibited, with which the editors have learned to deal. Until July 22, when, on BFM-TV, we decided to say stop.
“Until then, we made a point of not talking about this violence, because we do not want to become actors in events, says Céline Pigalle, the editorial director. But that day, we said to ourselves that not talking about it was to ignore a component of these demonstrations. The general public does not realize that there is this harshness against us, which is not tolerable. “
The editor Igor Sahiri and the journalist reporter Philippine images David, however each accompanied by a bodyguard, had just been targeted by antipasses gathered in front of the Senate, insulted and prosecuted until they had to be exfiltrated. A staggering scene of collective, spontaneous and uncontrollable aggression.
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