France Public Radio Staff Strike over Commentator From Far-Right Weekly
Unions say the appointment of Charles Sapin, a commentator from Valeurs Actuelles, conflicts with Radio France’s public service mandate.
- On Sunday, staff at Radio France began a two-day strike protesting the appointment of Charles Sapin, deputy editor of far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles, as a weekly commentator on France Inter.
- Management defended the hiring in the name of pluralism ahead of the April-May election, but staff argued that Valeurs Actuelles' editorial values conflicted with Radio France's public service mandate.
- Around 300 public figures, including Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux and actress Julie Gayet, signed a Saturday letter in Le Parisien calling the recruitment "outrageous." Jean-Luc Melenchon described it as a "takeover by fascists."
- Due to the strike, Sapin's Sunday column was cancelled and replaced with music. France Inter director Celine Pigalle defended the appointment Thursday, saying, "I believe I can trust him not to put France Inter's airwaves at risk."
- The controversy unfolds ahead of an April-May presidential election to choose a successor to President Emmanuel Macron, with polls suggesting far-right leader Marine Le Pen has her strongest chance yet of winning the Elysee Palace.
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A call for the strike was launched by the Radio France trade unions on Sunday and Monday to protest the political chronicle given to an official of the magazine "Valeurs actuelles".
France inter has been on strike for two days, calling for the withdrawal of journalist Charles Sapin's antenna. The strikers are supported by a petition of 300 personalities of the left caviar. Meanwhile, Aurore Bergé is called to order... The storm that announces brings out the censors, like the snails after the rain. In the [...] The article The Charles Sapin affair: the new moral panic of Radio France appeared first on Causeur.
Starting this Sunday, September 13, a two-day strike begins at Radio France. In issue, the arrival of editorialist Charles Sapin, also responsible for the magazine Values Actuelles, whose line is deemed not to be "compatible" with the public service, according to a motion adopted by...
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France public radio staff strike over commentator from far-right weekly
Staff at France's public radio broadcaster began a two-day strike on Sunday over the appointment of a commentator whom unions accuse of promoting far-right ideas ahead of a presidential election next year.Since late August, Charles Sapin, deputy editor-in-chief of the far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles, has appeared on France Inter, the country's most-listened-to radio station, with...
Mobilized for two days against the arrival on France Inter of the deputy director of "Current Values" Charles Sapin, the public radio employees gathered this Sunday with listeners who came to support them.
On 13 and 14 September, public radio stations were on strike. The recruitment of Charles Sapin, a journalist with "Current Values", on the airwaves of
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