BFMTV stops a live interview with Rima Hassan

Alain Marschall and Olivier Truchot received this Tuesday, October 8 at around 5 p.m. in the program “BFM Story”, in duplex, the LFI European MP Rima Hassan . And if the politician was initially invited to react to the whistles, heard in the background, and emitted against the President of the Republic during the Crif ceremony in tribute to the victims of October 7, she decided to begin her speaking on a completely different subject. “I’ll just take a quick digression and then I’ll answer your question”she said just after thanking the two men for the invitation.

Nothing in his attitude suggested the rest of the exchange. “I simply want to denounce the fact that you were congratulated by Olivier Rafowicz, who is a spokesperson for the Israeli army, a genocidal army, for your editorial line”she continued before emphasizing the importance she attaches to “denounce this during this interview because it says a lot about the editorial line, which is yours, on the subject. I hope you realize that sooner or later you will have to be held accountable.”.

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Despite this major difference of opinion, the MEP still wanted to continue the interview live. But that was without counting on the emblematic duo of “Grandes Gueules”. “No no, wait Rima Hassan. Sorry, but you can’t start by attacking us. We politely invite you to answer questions and you question the editorial line of BFMTV”counterattacked Olivier Truchot. Rima Hassan, visibly amused by the scene that is occurring, tried to deliver her response while asserting her freedom of expression. “I am also free to say that your attitude is unacceptable”retorted the journalist.

“No, no, no too easy. We stop the interview. What does accountability mean?added Alain Marschall. The MEP reaffirmed her initial comments while pressing the two presenters, arguing that she did not have much time left to answer their questions. “We did not invite you to attack BFMTV. THANKS. We’re going to stop the interview there. We will congratulate you for that, thank you. The interview ends, goodbye”the two television men decided together. Alain Marschall was quick to react on X, ex-Twitter, by congratulating himself: “When we lie and threaten us, yes we cut!“. His friend Olivier Truchot also wanted to react, defending his writing. “You say anything about the editorial line of our channel. But whatever the truth, the goal was to get your little moment of buzz.”he told Rima Hassan on Twitter before also responding to Mathilde Panot: «“You will be held accountable” Your friend, MEP, threatens journalists live. Is this your idea of ​​freedom of information?

And this coup had the merit of bringing together the news channels. Their colleague from CNews, Pascal Praud, gave them his support, still on the social network. “@AlainMarschall and @Olivier_Truchot had the right reaction when Madame Hassan threatened our two colleagues on the air […]. Congratulations to them”he wrote before ironically: “I am waiting to read the press releases from the French written and audiovisual press journalists’ companies which will not fail to salute the firmness of Olivier Truchot and Alain Marschall. I am also certain that journalists’ societies will remind rebellious France how much it must respect a news media.”

The 24-hour news channel has since shared a press release aimed at clarifying the situation. “Rima Hassan was referring to an interview conducted this Sunday at 6 p.m. during Benjamin Duhamel’s special show live from Tel Aviv”it is notified while recalling “the rigorous, impartial and balanced work of its editorial staff, as evidenced by the deployment on the ground of 7 teams in Israel and Lebanon, and the broadcast on Friday and Sunday evening of an exceptional document produced by BFMTV thanks to Palestinian journalists in Gaza. A document contested live on Sunday evening by the spokesperson for the Israeli army during this interview to which Rima Hassan referred. The communications team immediately suggested that readers and viewers revisit the said interview on Sunday evening, in order to support their comments.