While she made her return to Public Sénate, Claire Chazal was the guest of TV Magazine’s Buzz TV this Thursday, September 26. Straightforward, the former star of TF1’s news said everything she thought about Anne-Sophie Lapix’s diary on France 2.
Since leaving 8 p.m. on TF1, Claire Chazal has continued her career on other channels. On France 5, she hosted Entree libre and Passage des arts before briefly becoming a columnist for On n’est pas couch on France 2. Currently, she remains at the head of the Grand Echiquier on France 3, in parallel with her recent activities on Public Senate.
Since the start of the school year, the one who was the popess of the 8 p.m. for years, hosts two cultural shows : Au Bonheur des Livres and Le Ciné-club. Programs that allow Patrick Poivre d’Arvor’s ex-partner to cultivate her taste for culture, far from the frenzy of TF1 news
whom she knew for over 25 years.
8 p.m. news from France 2: Claire Chazal would never have accepted Anne-Sophie Lapix’s place
If she is rarer on TV, Claire Chazal is not, however, disconnected from the news that she claims to watch. Asked to give her opinion on the extension of the 8 p.m. news presented by Anne-Sophie Lapix on France 2, the journalist did not mince her words. “Sorry but… I don’t want to be disloyal to France Télévisions […] Honestly, I would never have done it“she said straight away.
And to continue: “We presented 40-minute news for years. And the idea was that, when something was really happeningsuddenly we were showing viewers that we were creating a hierarchy of information and that we were attaching enormous importance to the event.”remembered Claire Chazal.
France 2 8 p.m. news: Claire Chazal against the use of “gap fillers”
If she felt that the France 2 news was now too long, Claire Chazal spoke bluntly about the quality of the television news. “You can’t do something with fillers or fillers.. You can see it right away.”she considered.
“I understand that the viewer’s attention cannot be sustained, for information, every day for an hour”she insisted, drawing on her experience, believing she could “deceive” about Anne-Sophie Lapix’s news. Claire Chazal, on the other hand, highlighted the quality “largely dominant newspapers” of her colleague, Anne-Claire Coudray, on TF1.
