It has indeed become the France Pierron affair. For having estimated in the context of the program L’Equipe de Choc that a father did not necessarily have his place during the birth of his partner – this by evoking the wish of the Belgian winger Jérémy Doku to leave the World Cup to attend the birth of his first child – the journalist caused a real outcry.
On Sunday, faced with the scale of the controversy, L’Equipe published a press release to dissociate itself from the presenter’s comments. A renewed posture this Monday, with a new condemnation of terms which “ do not reflect the values of respect, responsibility and high standards that guide the L’Equipe group
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France Pierron victim of cyberharassment
In this latest press release, the media group nevertheless wanted to affirm its support for its employee. “ The L’Équipe Group condemns in the strongest terms the cyberharassment campaign, the insults and the threats to which our journalist has since been subjected. No disagreement can justify such behavior. As such, it benefits from the support of the Group in the face of these unacceptable actions. »
However, “ in order to allow a peaceful examination of this situation “, France Pierron finds herself deprived of an antenna ”
in the coming days », replaced by Pierre Bouby «
until the end of the season, namely July 3 “. According to Le Parisien, the journalist host was summoned by the group’s human resources for an interview scheduled for June 30. “ However, his future in the company is not in question. », notes the daily.
