The president of the commission of inquiry on TNT provides after-sales service to Cyril Hanouna and triggers the anger of the left

MP Quentin Bataillon went to the set of “Touche pas à mon poste” on the C8 channel.

The deputy Quentin Bataillon, president of the commission of inquiry into TNT frequencies, took stock of his work on Tuesday February 2 on the C8 channel, on the set of Cyril Hanouna, who himself was interviewed by this commission. In “Touche pas à mon poste”, the elected representative of the presidential majority scratched a competing host, Yann Barthès, who was also heard. “I think it was the first time I got angry, he had a pretty arrogant attitude from the start, he refused to answer our questions”he said about the presenter of “Quotidien”, on TMC.

The commission was initiated by LFI deputies in the fall to shed light on the allocation of TNT frequencies, including those of C8 and CNews brought into play this year. Its rapporteur, the Insoumis Aurélien Saintoul, will write his report “alone” by the beginning of May, and “I imagine he will be marked”he said, wishing “get away from the witch hunt, the hunt for presenters, journalists, channels”. Aurélien Saintoul was ironic about X regarding the invitation of Mr. Bataillon in “TPMP”: “thank you for your experimental approach to move the commission of inquiry forward”.

“No one can believe in its independence and objectivity anymore”

“Don’t forget to check if we can now name or even criticize V. Bolloré in TPMP without risking being attacked by C. Hanouna”, he added in reference to an episode of November 2022 where LFI deputy Louis Boyard, guest on the show, was insulted live. This resulted in a record fine of 3.5 million euros for C8.

Several MPs then criticized the intervention of the majority MP on the channel. For Alexis Corbière (LFI), “no one can believe in its independence and objectivity anymore.” “Here’s another one who is damaging Parliament and is tired of destroying democracy”, according to ecologist Benjamin Lucas, on X as well. Olivier Faure attacked Quentin Bataillon on his own arrogance“go to Hanouna to spit on Barthès while chairing a commission of inquiry into TNT”.