It is a tragedy that has shaken France. On February 10, Pierre Palmade caused a terrible accident on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne while he was under the influence of drugs. An accident that claimed three other victims, including a pregnant woman who lost her baby, a man in his thirties and a 6-year-old child. More than a month after the tragedy, the little boy named Devrim testified for the first time on BFM TV. This Tuesday, March 21, 2023, our colleagues posted a shocking video online in which the child opens up about his perception of events.
“Don’t you remember what happened in the car?” asks the journalist first. To which the driver’s son responds with a simple “No”. Thereafter, the questions follow one another. The boy says in particular that the teacher does not let him go out during recess for fear that something will happen to him. “She lets the other classmates come into the classroom and play with me,” he explains, his small body compressed into a corset. An interview that elicited strong reactions.
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Internet users angry
“You are scavengers”, “The way the questions are asked in forcing mode when we can see that he is just lost and demoralized, it bothers me”, “Leave him alone”, “What indecency…”, “No, but frankly, we’re hitting rock bottom and we’re continuing to dig BFM…”, “Aren’t you ashamed to interview a child, injured, without even blurring it, nothing? Dignity, you know? All that for what “Zero journalistic interest! Zero information, zero relevance! Worthy of the worst gutter press”, “No but seriously. Leave him in peace”, “I was not comfortable watching this little boy being interviewed, I don’t really see why you’re doing this, if it’s for the buzz it’s unhealthy”could we read in the comments of the video shared on Twitter.
Criticisms to which the news channel wished to respond. According to BFM TV, “This interview was conducted with the agreement of Devrim’s two parents, who did not want their son’s face to be blurred”. An explanation which, unfortunately, did not convince internet users…
VB
This interview was conducted with the agreement of Devrim’s two parents, who did not want their son’s face to be blurred.
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) March 21, 2023