While the West holds its breath before the result of the American presidential election, which will place Kamala Harris or Donald Trump in the White House for four years, journalists have been actively following this campaign since its beginnings. One of them, Laurence Haïm, even wanted to experience it directly, by going to the United States, camera in hand, to make a documentary on Donald Trump and his movement, which will be broadcast on France 2 on Tuesday November 5. At the same time, the journalist will be on Franceinfo and in C in the air on France 5 to comment on the election. A heavy responsibility that she owes to her hard work on foreign policy issues, which took her to the highest echelons of the countries she encountered, but also to collaborating with other journalists, like Léa Salamé. And this has not always happened without difficulty.
Indeed, between Léa Salamé and Laurence Haïm, words have not always been kind. During their first interview, Laurence Haïm did not hide his annoyance at Raphaël Glucksmann's partner, calling her a “bitch” and of “bimbo”. Words returned to the ears of the young journalist, who had not given up. On the set ofWe are not in bed a few years ago, Laurence Haïm remembered: “Léa, in a very courageous and very good way, sent me an e-mail which had a great impact on me, saying to me: 'I am very sensitive, we can respect people, what is going on, I apply myself a lot, I work…' I was very unhappy to have had this word, it lasted for quite a while”. It was only when Léa Salamé joined the teamWe are not in bed that everything was resolved between the two women. “I sent you an email saying: 'You are defending something that is important to me as a woman journalist, which is based perhaps on rigor, seriousness.' And she replied to me saying: 'Thank you very much, that means a lot to me', signing: “Your favorite bimbo”.
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The facts date back to 2011, when Léa Salamé had just joined the iTélé team as a young presenter. Forced to speak with Laurence Haïm, who had “a special status for Canal+” according to her colleague, she asks him questions “which he does not like”and finds herself insulted without knowing it by the one who was then correspondent in Washington. An email “a little dry” later, all's well that ends well. A defense that has never left the journalist, who has since become presenter of her own show with What an era!who today does not hesitate to rebuff his guests.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.
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