Ten and not one more! This Friday, at 4 p.m., Cyril Hanouna launched the last of “On marche sur la tête”, his daily show present for the last two weeks on Europe 1. Ten issues only, which provoked the ire of Arcom. Thursday evening, the media regulation and control authority put the station on notice for a lack of “measure” and “honesty”, accusing the host and his team of having treated the New Popular Front “in a systematically critical and virulent manner, often in pejorative and outrageous terms” and to have received a majority of guests from the extreme right.
So before even starting, the media man promised: “It’s going to shake up a little bit…” And from the start of the show, the floodgates were opened. “Frankly, the double standard is crazy! » he was offended, comparing the sanction concerned to a warning “Be careful, we are listening to you, we are not happy”, before discussing the possible consequences. “I know the fines well…” he declared with a smile, referring to the multiple convictions he was the target of on C8.
On the grounds mentioned in the formal notice decision, “the first in the history of Europe 1”, the producer was annoyed to see “other examples” not being identified by the former CSA. “When we see what France Inter is doing… They made a song against the National Rally! he cursed. Charline Vanhoenacker was a platform for the New Popular Front and La France insoumise. »
“A relentless attack on me”
For him, this decision acts as a muzzle. “The French are not fooled, they see clearly that they are trying to make us shut our mouths,” he said, saying he was the victim of a cabal. “There is really a relentlessness against me: tomorrow if I am on M6, it will be M6 that will take it. We laugh about it, but it is extremely serious because I think there is something behind it.”
Around the table, there was no other opinion. “This double standard is annoying a lot of people and it will play a role in the voters’ choice on Sunday,” judged Éric Naulleau.
“From the first day, they listened with the prospect of sanctioning,” added Gilles Verdez. The speed of the sanction testifies to panic on board. The State, the power in place, wants to curb the freedom of tone of the entire Bolloré group, which lets everyone speak, which is pluralist. The Bolloré group is disturbing and there are political confrontations that make us want to hit one of its symbols: Cyril Hanouna. »
On the phone, Brigitte, auditor from Seine-et-Marne, also supported these comments. “Arcom is the armed wing of the State,” she declared. This is scary for all right-wingers. » The writer and filmmaker Yann Moix was much more virulent. “Don’t you find it pitiful and extremely serious that the existence of Arcom is proven? This is proof that we are in a sick democracy,” he asked, believing that the Sages were “cops.” Then to drive the point home: “The very existence of Arcom is an insult to democracy,” he asserted.
All before the gang moved on to a new debate around France Insoumise and the New Popular Front, believing that their party was represented around the table by Gilles Verdez and during which Cyril Hanouna castigated Jean’s positions. -Luc Mélenchon who, according to him, “puts the new left-wing coalition in trouble”.
The host took the opportunity to formalize the name of his replacement for the next two weeks: Eliot Deval, CNews journalist and Pascal Praud’s joker, accompanied by guests and columnists. In its press release, Europe 1 indicates that it will decipher “the results and issues of this election. »
