No number of the program “Complément d’études” is easy to do. But this one, “France-Egypt: revelations on a secret operation “is even more so than the others. In partnership with the investigative media Disclose, it unveils exclusive documents classified as” confidential defense “. They reveal how the French state would have provided to an authoritarian regime, Egypt, information used to commit crimes, in the name of a higher commercial interest: the sale of weapons. Tristan Waleckx explains that the “source” at the origin of this leak of documents risks 5 years imprisonment The journalist details the precautions he and his team are taking to protect this source.
While he has been presenting the program “Complément d’études” since September, Tristan Waleckx affirms that the management of France Télévisions has not set any limits for him in terms of investigation and that, on the contrary, she asked him to put on the air “itchy” reports.
The subjects discussed are so sensitive that each report is viewed before its broadcast by the legal department of France Télévisions, which then issues recommendations. They will be followed or not by the editorial staff. On the judicial front, Tristan Waleckx denounces the proliferation of “gagging” procedures, which, through cascading lawsuits, aim to dissuade journalists from carrying out their investigative work.
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About the podcast: “Au Comptoir de l’Info” is the first native (audio) podcast of France Télévisions. In the form of a journalistic interview, an actor who makes public service televised information – a major reporter, a cameraman, a presenter – comes to deliver, tell, reveal the way he works. In a sound atmosphere of a coffee counter, he confides his doubts, his joys, but also his fears when he is in the field or in the studio. Since May 2021, the podcast “Au Comptoir de l’Info” has also received journalists from Radio France (France Inter, France Info, France Culture) on its microphone.
The series is produced by François Beaudonnet, columnist on franceinfo (channel 27), major reporter for France 2 and columnist for the program “Nous, les Européens” on France 3. Former correspondent in Rome and Brussels, he started on radio where he presented the 1 p.m. newspaper on France Inter.
This episode was directed by Marion Gualandi and Timothée Le Hec.