Many reactions flourished this Friday on social networks following the dismissal, announced on December 24, of the number one commentator of Ligue 1 and Premier League matches on Canal +.
The dismissal of the commentator, “guilty” of having supported the comedian Sébastien Thoen, himself dismissed following a sketch broadcast on Winamax parodying a program from CNews, the Canal group’s news channel, caused a stir in the ranks of the sports editorial staff of the encrypted channel. Hervé Mathoux, the presenter of the Canal Football Club, and one of the consultants of the Habib Beye program, expressed their sadness and their incomprehension. Just like Pierre Ménès. Hervé Mathoux had assisted Stéphane Guy during his interview with the HRD on December 18.
Thursday evening, the Society of Journalists of Canal + had published, also on Twitter, a press release following the announcement of the journalist who had worked for 23 years on their channel. “We, journalists from the sports department of Canal + and / or the editorial staff of the Canal + group, are outraged by this arbitrary eviction. Nothing can justify these repeated attacks on freedom of expression when it is within the limits provided by the law. ” The SDJ announces probable actions at the start of the school year following this decision to dismiss Stéphane Guy.
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