In a statement, France 3 Côte d’Azur indicated that during the evening of the first round of the presidential election, “two journalists from the channel were the target of verbal assaults at the UMP office in the Alpes-Maritimes by Eric Ciotti, deputy and president of the General Council, and Christian Estrosi, deputy-mayor of Nice. They accused the reporting team of ‘running the Socialist Party’s campaign or even being a stronghold of the CGT.’”
France 3 reacted the very next day by denouncing “allegations with no basis whatsoever and that are not at all supported by the reality of the airtime given to each political party.”
The management of France 3 Côte d’Azur intends “to firmly denounce acts that are all the more condemnable as they come from elected representatives of the Republic.” “As a guarantor of the independence of the public service and proud of the professionalism of the journalists who make up the editorial team, the management of France 3 Côte d’Azur demands that the safety of its staff be ensured in the course of their duties, especially when it leads them to work in a political office,” added the channel’s statement.
