Complément d'enquête" program shown on November 4, 2021: response to the plaintiffs
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Arcom was alerted to the Complément d'enquête program entitled "Veni, vidi, Vichy?" shown on France 2 on November 4, 2021.
It considered that this program did not constitute a breach of the channel's ethical obligations. Indeed, given the political and media context, as well as the upcoming electoral challenges, it was open to the channel, by virtue of the principle of editorial freedom, to address the various challenges surrounding the candidacy, assumed at the time of the documentary's diffusion, of a personality in the presidential election.
Consequently, the AMF did not intervene against the service editor.