Ruth Elkrief treated as a “fanatic” by Jean-Luc Mélenchon: TF1 supports the journalist

Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the heart of a new controversy. The leader of France Insoumise called Ruth Elkrief a “fanatic” and accused her of despising Muslims. It all started with an interview with Manuel Bompard given to the LCI editorialist on Sunday December 3.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon described Ruth Elkrief as a “fanatic”

It was obviously a question of the situation in the Middle East and more precisely of this declaration by Jean-Luc Mélenchon according to whom, the resumption of Israeli bombings in Gaza presents all the indications of a genocidal desire. And the exchange was very tense… The leader of La France insoumise, who followed the show, attacked Ruth Elkrief on her X account: “Ruth Elkrief. Manipulative. If we don’t insult Muslims , this fanatic is outraged,” he wrote.

Pascal Praud defends Ruth Elkrief

The TF1 group, parent company of the LCI news channel, immediately responded on the same network to defend its journalist. “The TF1 group firmly supports Ruth Elkrief and strongly deplores the odious invectives and inappropriate insinuations to which she is the subject.”

The TF1 Group firmly supports Ruth Elkrief and strongly deplores the odious invectives and inappropriate insinuations to which she is the subject.

— Groupe TF1 (@GroupeTF1) December 3, 2023

Many journalists also reacted on Sunday afternoon. Like Pascal Praud, from CNews and Europe 1, who considers that “every journalist in France should condemn these words against one of our most remarkable colleagues”. Apolline de Malherbe from RMC and BFMTV, for her part, spoke of danger. “Journalists who we seek to intimidate because they are Jewish? So they are not objective? We must collectively denounce these practices which threaten freedom of information and democracy,” wrote the journalist.