2023-04-29 03:11:39
Elizabeth Rancourt and Justine St-Martin received a wave of hateful and misogynistic comments on their social media last week following their coverage of four NHL playoff games.
While on the show “Le monde à l’envers”, the two TVA Sports hosts denounced, on Friday evening, the violence of the comments they received to raise awareness among Internet users. Before Saturday’s events, neither had experienced such a situation, arguing that the culture of hockey might perhaps have something to do with this story.
“This is the first time I have faced so much hatred. […] I cover the Remparts, the Lions, university football, I host golf … the answer may be there, it’s the first time it’s happened to me,” said Justine St-Martin.
“We often ignore [les commentaires du genre]but at some point, you have to put your foot down and say “enough is enough”. […] These people don’t even think we read them [leurs commentaires]and that’s what’s pathetic,” added Elizabeth Rancourt, before reading an example of a comment she received last weekend.
“We had it easy; get to where we are now [grâce à Chantal Macabée qui a pavé le chemin]. But it’s not completely cleared up. We are still in the process of tearing off networks here and there, ”continued the host, stressing however that the majority of their subscribers were courteous.
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Quaffle on the board
The tone rose on the set, Friday evening, during a discussion on the debates, in which Gilles Proulx was invited to participate.
According to the commentator, the debate in Quebec now only exists in “limbo” since “the big mouths” of his time are off the airwaves.
Sophie Durocher notably accused him of being contemptuous of the generations of debaters who succeeded him, following the man included the columnist in his definition of “clothing code crows” and those he described as “piafs”.
The commentator also defended the idea that, in order to debate, one must first and foremost provoke.
Charles Lafortune was the guest debater of the week. The producer and host is, among other things, returned to the success of his daily “Indéfendable”.
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