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The MR supports the polemist and accuses RTL-TVI of applying a double standard against right-wing ideas.
When Emmanuelle Praet speaks, there is always something going on. The speech is uninhibited. Pungent and without taboo for some, populist and without nuance for others. This Sunday, on the set of It's not every day Sunday, his intervention has unleashed an outcry.
The polemicist claimed that the majority of taxes that yellow jackets complain about "are "environmental taxes ". "So in the next election, think a little anyway!"
The case quickly takes a political turn. It feeds the theory that the journalistic world is leftist and hostile to the right.
Two camps, which seem irreconcilable, are divided around the fate of the polemicist.
It is that the announcement of his suspension for judgments "Outrageous" caused an almost perfect break.
The left, embodied by Ecolo and the PS, applauds his sidelining. The right, represented by Georges-Louis Bouchez or David Clarinval, screams at the infringement of freedom of expression.
Charles Michel himself defends the columnist at the party office on Monday.
Flemish side, Theo Francken goes as far as to launch a hashtag of support to the journalist, throwing in pbading a small tweet in the shape of a bomb: "the duo of presidents of Ecolo demanded this Sunday the dismissal of Emmanuelle Praet".
Zakia Khattabi absolutely denies
Because Emmanuelle Praet makes no secret of her opinions: she is on the right and badumes it. It is in this political positioning that, according to some, the explanation should be found for the sanction imposed on it. Others, often the same, are screaming at the infringement of freedom of expression and the impoverishment of public debate.
The question is posed in substance by the MR: Praet was it censored?
"We are a private company and we do not need the political sector or Ecolo to make decisions. Moreover, we had no contact with Ecolo on this file "says Christopher Barzal, spokesperson for RTL-TVI.
Internally, several sources report "skid too much"and"a drop of water that broke the camel's back"From the columnist, an incident following several polemics and which would have had the gift of irritating the chain (see sentences highlighted.) The journalist also maintain complicated relations with colleagues"in tray and internally ".
According to our information, the chopper of a sanction had already touched on it last year after a sharp altercation on set with Alain Raviart. Emmanuelle Praet, like the other chroniclers of the show, did not respond to our requests for reactions.
The management committee has discussed his case: an appointment will be fixed soon, but no final decision has yet been taken. It still feels the scorching for the one who works elsewhere for the police zone Brussels-West (what some people reproach him internally). RTL-TVI could easily put an end to the contract of Emmanuelle Praet, active as a freelancer. The channel RTL-TVI officially ensures that the fate of Emmanuelle Praet has not yet been fixed. And refutes criticisms of respect for freedom of expression. "Emmanuelle Praet has been on our set for 3 years. His role is to intervene as a polemist with his own values. His opinions have never been questioned", resumes Christopher Barzal. "What is criticized for her is the non-respect of the principles, she must intervene in the debate with arguments, and this Sunday, these remarks were worthy of a politician on the plateau." It was a judgment of purely political value. She asked to vote for one party over another, it's not her role, it's a serious misconduct, we do not accept a show in which party representatives are invading stakeholders. same thing if it had been Alain Raviart or Michel Henrion."
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