Remote formulas against the chain having already been pronounced, the regulatory authority transmits the examination of the sequence of “Touche pas à mon poste” to the State Councilor Bertand Dacosta and opens the way to a procedure of Sanction.
by Aude Dassonville
A week after the deputy Louis Boyard (LFI) suffered a lined with insults from Cyril Hanouna on the set of “Touche pas à mon poste” (“TPMP”), November 10, on C8 , the Director General of the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom, an ex-superior audiovisual advisor, CSA), Guillaume Blanchot, undertook to “seize the independent rapporteur, member of the Council of State” , announced the Arcom, Thursday November 17.
It was when he had pronounced the name of Vincent Bolloré, first shareholder of Vivendi, owner of the Canal+ group to which C8 belongs, that Louis Boyard had attracted the wrath of the pre-producer. Vincent Bolloré “is not my boss, he is a twenty -year -old friend,” justified Cyril Hanouna on November 14.
In a press release, the body declares that Mr. Blanchot “indeed considered that this file focused on facts likely to justify the commitment of a sanction procedure, given the formal notices already pronounced by the passed towards C8 “. The last formal notice pronounced by C8 (for clandestine advertising) dates from February.
“Our mission, defend freedom of expression”
The decisions of the authority follow a gradual progression: a warning precedes a formal notice, which can lead to the opening of a sanction procedure. If this is the opinion of the independent rapporteur appointed by the vice -president of the Council of State -in this case, Bertrand Dacosta -, a contradictory investigation is carried out, at the end of which he judges the relevance of pronouncing a sanction, as well as its nature. When informed, the Arch has all latitude to comply with it or choose to apply a different sanction. This process could thus find its conclusion in several weeks.
Furthermore, another Arcom decision on “TPMP” could take place in the coming hours. The body is committed to examining a sequence released on October 18 a priority. That day, returning to the murder of the young Lola, Cyril Hanouna had made the cantor of expeditious justice. “For me, the trial must be done immediately,” he said in particular. “In a few hours, and finished. It is direct perpetuity, there is not even a discussion.”
Arcom rarely gives reports so shortly after receiving them. Authority considers that it must resist media and political pressures, and extract emotional reactions to focus on law issues. “Our primary mission is to defend freedom of expression in this country,” recalls the president of the Arch, Roch-Olivier Maistre, referring to respect for the 1986 law on the freedom of the communication.
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