Samuel Etienne will boycott the 2022 World Cup on his Twitch channel


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10:43 a.m., November 17, 2022

Unlike Laurent Ruquier, who announced that he would not “forbid himself from going to Qatar” to follow the World Cup, Samuel Etienne, he intends to boycott the football competition. How ? By not relaying any match results during its live broadcasts on the platform. The journalist denounces in particular the “ecological aberrations” linked to the organization of this competition.

Samuel Etienne will not relay the results of the 2022 World Cup matches during his live broadcasts on the platform. While he regularly offers his many subscribers information appointments, in particular live during which he “reads the newspapers and comments on the news”.

Ecological aberrations and human rights issues

Why did he make this decision? He explained his approach on Twitter: “There is no shortage of reasons”. By citing the working conditions for the construction of infrastructure and the number of deaths on construction sites, ecological aberrations: air-conditioned stadiums, the issue of human rights in Qatar, including women’s and LGBT+ rights. And finally, the suspicions of corruption for the attribution of this world.

So many reasons which lead him to undertake not to share anything about the sports results of the World Cup. On the other hand, he specifies that he will continue to speak of Qatar, for all non-sporting information. He writes that he is aware that it is a “modest initiative which will not change anything in these worlds” but it is for him “impossible to act as if nothing had happened”.

Samuel Etienne forced to talk about the world on France Info

And he concludes his announcement with these words: “Now imagine for a moment that around the world, millions of viewers, despite their love of football, lose interest in matches… Faced with audiences at half mast, and the shortfall for broadcasters, maybe would FIFA then think twice before ignoring human rights and the environment before awarding the next World Cups”. Note that Samuel Etienne will be forced to talk about the World Cup elsewhere than on Twitch: on the France Info channel, since he presents the morning show there, and France Télévisions has not decided to boycott the World Cup.





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