Shockwave continues in sports media after documentary airs I’m not a bitch, I’m a journalist, by Marie Portolano, Sunday March 21 on Canal +. Blamed for having sought to protect Pierre Ménès by censoring part of the documentary, Canal + has finally launched an internal investigation into the facts alleged against its columnist, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned on Friday March 26, confirming information from The team. Mr. Ménès is mentioned in the documentary by his sisters in two cases of sexual assault.
“The human resources department has been asked to carry out an in-depth analysis of the situation in accordance with our internal procedures”, the Canal + group told AFP. In addition, Mr. Ménès was excluded Thursday from the famous football simulation game FIFA, of which he was one of the star commentators.
Report to RMC Sport
For its part, RMC Sport has also decided to open an internal investigation, following a report made after the broadcast of the same documentary, internal sources reported to AFP. Contacted, the sports media did not comment.
The dissemination of I’m not a bitch, I’m a journalist, coupled with the publication, Sunday, in The world from a forum of the Women Sports Journalists collective denouncing in particular “The inferiorization of women” in the editorial staff, caused an electric shock in the world of sports journalism.
Tuesday, Radio France, through the voice of its director of information and sports, Vincent Giret, announced the opening of an internal investigation, following the testimony in the documentary of its journalist specializing in rugby, Amaia Cazenave . She notably reported that a colleague had allowed himself to shout very loudly and several times: “I want to fuck! “ in the open space, while he was alone with her. “Why do men feel the right to say these things, have this impunity? “, she wondered.
For its part, the bouquet of sports channels BeIN Sports assured AFP that the resignation of its star presenter Alexandre Ruiz, announced Monday, but decided several weeks earlier, had no connection with the broadcast of the documentary. According to a article of Mediapart, published Thursday, the Franco-Spanish journalist “Had recently been sanctioned by the management of the channel, after an internal investigation and several reports” other members of the editorial staff. Refusing to comment, Alexandre Ruiz replied to AFP that “The file was in the hands of [son] lawyer “.