Yann Barthès will be interviewed by the deputies, at the request of the RN

“Pluralism applies to CNews as well as to TMC, which refuses to invite certain political parties,” said National Rally deputy Thomas Ménage, whose party is not invited by this TF1 group channel.

The host of “Quotidien” on TMC, Yann Barthès, who does not invite members of the National Rally on his show, will be interviewed by the commission of inquiry into TNT frequencies, at the request of the RN, declared Thursday March 21, MP Quentin Bataillon (Renaissance).

The commission of inquiry, chaired by Quentin Bataillon, interviewed the heads of the largest audiovisual groups, as well as presenters from CNews and C8 (Canal+ group), including Pascal Praud and Cyril Hanouna. Their channels have been repeatedly targeted by the media regulator.

“Pluralism applies to CNews as well as to TMC [une chaîne du groupe TF1]which refuses to invite certain political parties”, said RN deputy Thomas Ménage on X.

Columnist Julien Bellver also heard

Yann Barthès again declared on the air, at the beginning of March, that“we do not receive members of the National Rally but we scrupulously respect [l’équité] speaking times” thanks to extracts from broadcasts and reports.

For Thomas Ménage, who co-signed a letter with four other RN deputies to request this hearing, “it seems inconceivable” not to hear before the commission of inquiry “the only information practitioners who ostensibly take a position against inviting all representatives of the political spectrum”.

Quentin Bataillon agreed with them, declaring on “pluralism is at the heart of the work of our TNT commission of inquiry” and “anything that contributes to understanding its rules and respecting them is useful”. “We will therefore audition Yann Barthès, Julien Bellver [chroniqueur dans “Quotidien”] and the production company Bangumi” who produces the show, probably next week, added the MP