BFM TV: the RN snubs the channel after the appointment of a new journalist to follow the party

The main figures of the National Rally (RN) were asked by their management "to no longer respond to requests from BFM TV ", especially after the recruitment of a new journalist to follow the party, Politico revealed on Friday May 26 . According to several media, journalist Sophie Dupont must leave the Quotidien program broadcast on TMC to join the political service of BFM TV and follow the RN there.

"After having exposed to the management of the channel our greatest reluctance towards a journalist who has been professionally leading a militant and political fight against us for several years, BFM TV chooses in conscience to confirm this choice", lamented the management of the RN in a message sent to the "main speakers" of the party. “We welcome this decision as a breach of trust. This decision is of an obvious nature to alter the objective treatment of the movement", it was again written to the media pundits of the far-right party, asking them, "in agreement with Marine [Le Pen], to no longer respond to requests from BFM TV", whether for "sets" in the studio, "duplex", or "interviews".

An RN official confirmed the authenticity of these messages, explaining that it was not a “boycott” but a “moratorium”. According to the lepenists, there is no longer a BFM TV journalist assigned to follow the RN "for 3 months and this will still be the case in 3 months". "We are asking for normal treatment with a follow-up like all the other parties," he continued, acknowledging that the appointment of Sophie Dupont was "the straw" that broke the camel's back. Asked, BFM TV indicated that it will “not speak on the subject”.