
During the Radio France back-to-school conference, Sibyle Veil indirectly defended the retention of Charles Sapin, deputy director of Valeurs Acteurs, on the air of France Inter, affirming that programming decisions are not made under external pressure and citing examples of previously controversial personalities.
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Radio France regularly organises back-to-back conferences to present its editorial guidelines.
Not once was the name of Charles Sapin mentioned on Thursday evening during the Radio France back-to-school conference. It was in a roundabout way that Sibyle Veil pleaded in favor of keeping the deputy director of Valeurs Acteurs on the airwaves of France Inter. “A radio group is not run by checking names off a list,” claimed the president of the group, after listing those of Patrick Cohen, Sophia Aram and Alain Finkielkraut. So many personalities “whose head we asked for”. “We have sometimes decided to separate from one personality or another for a decision that we considered fair, but we have never done so under external pressure,” assured the leader, advocating an “open, independent and impartial house. It’s like those Saturday night dinners. There is always someone to tell you: “If so-and-so comes, I’m not coming.” Eventually, everyone comes, and we all end up having a great evening. »
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Radio France will continue to defend its editorial independence against external pressures in future programming decisions.
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