He claims loud and clear “complete freedom” to inform journalists of the M6 group. And that is why Nicolas de Tavernost, the chairman of the executive board, gave the absolute green light for the production of a Restricted zone devoted to the dangers of radical Islam, which was broadcast on television on Sunday January 23, 2022. Ophélie Meunier, the presenter of the show, had nevertheless received many threats when the TV program was announced on newsstands.
“I asked if we had the guarantees, if it was an extremist show in quotes, I asked if the presenter was protectedrecalls Nicolas de Tavernost according to Puremedia. I asked if the witnesses who were speaking were well blurred etc… I did the job that I feel I should do on a program for which the decision was ultimately mine. I claim to have authorized this broadcast. But because I was asked to. We could have taken the opposite decision. I consider it my duty of responsibility: if you call it interference, I call it the exercise of my profession.“