Here is a slip whose BFMTV would have gone well. Saturday April 4, 2020, a short report in which we saw doctors observing minutes of tribute to those who died of the coronavirus and when the moment was solemn, viewers could hear in the background: "They bury Pokémon"This sentence was spoken by Emmanuel Lechypre, the chain's economic editorial writer and it was obviously at the heart of a huge social media scandal.
Aware of his mistake, the man spoke on Twitter and apologized. "This morning on BFMTV, I allowed myself a totally inappropriate remark during the broadcast of a tribute to the victims of the virus in China. These inappropriate comments were broadcast on the air when I thought the microphones were closed. I sincerely apologize", he noted. For his part, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, director of the channel, chirped:"BFMTV would like to extend its sincere apologies to the viewers following the unintentional broadcast of remarks totally out of place on set this morning."
An antenna suspension for Emmanuel Lechypre
The excuses were not enough and the controversy swelled during the day, so it was decided to suspend Emmanuel Lechypre from the antennas of BFMTV and BFM Business for a week, we learned in a press release sent at the end of the day.
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