On April 2, 2024, he was the guest of Cyril Hanouna, on C8, and the controversy grew around Quentin Bataillon. This Renaissance deputy is the president of the commission of inquiry into TNT frequencies, which interviewed, among others, Cyril Hanouna and Yann Barthès, this last month, at the National Assembly. And faced with criticism of his lack of neutrality, the main person said that he “accepted” his appearance on the show.
“So he didn’t understand anything“
A statement which raised the mustard in the nose of Bruce Toussaint, this April 4, 2024, on TF1. The morning host asked Christophe Beaugrand, who contacted the politician by telephone: “No, but wait, he told you that he saw no problem with going on the TPMP show?”
And Christophe Beaugrand responded, quoting the words of Quentin Bataillon: “The debates being closed, because there is no more hearing, it is the rapporteur who takes care of his report, and it is the Saintoul deputy, LFI, and he has no role in writing the report. So he feels free to be able to speak on television, and he feels ready to speak on all channels, including TF1, or TMC, to explain the work of this commission.“.
Bruce Toussaint’s judgment in response was clear: “So he didn’t understand anything, well yes. Imagine a tennis referee, who at the end of the match gets off his chair, goes to see one of the two players, and says ‘say the other one there, he was still there arrogant enough?’ Well no, but the notion of rapporteur is a sort of arbiter. As long as the report has not been published, and even afterward in substance. Morally, well, I would have been just as shocked if it had been on the set of Quotidien. It’s not the problem of going to TPMP, it’s of finding yourself in this arena and as you said in shows that are very competitive. Well, we’ll see what happens next.”.
“It does not work“
Christophe Beaugrand, for his part, also reminded viewers of “Hello!” : “it is a real question of politics, this question of neutrality makes perfect sense, when we think that the rapporteur of the commission is an LFI deputy, and LFI very often takes extremely strong opinions, therefore in terms of neutrality , there is not necessarily a lesson to be taught either. It’s a political controversy that will continue to bounce back.”.
“It does not work” Bruce Toussaint then concluded, categorically.
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