“It may seem trivial, but in itself it constitutes a real obstacle to the freedom to informlaments Frédéric Gersdorff. These are restrictions that limit our editorial autonomy. In terms of independence, it raises questions“.
However, the editorial staff decided to respect the ban and gave up broadcasting these images. Why this decision?
“Nor was the image of extraordinary interest to justify overriding these restrictions. If we had been faced with something absolutely essential in terms of information, we would have“, says Frédéric Gersdorff. Reflection valid both for the TV news and for the social networks of Info. Four days before the funeral, the deputy director of information also recognizes the fears of seeing the rights of rebroadcast escape RTBF.
“In all transparency, we also said that if we broadcast these images, Eurovision, the BBC and Buckingham might have denied us access to the funeral retransmission.“, he regrets, while these images were going to represent several hours of air on September 19.
