BFM TV is parting with an emblematic figure but who has become hot for a month and a half. We will no longer see Rachid M’Barki scattering the news of the day late at night on the continuous news channel. Even less tell the stories of the biggest criminals of the country alongside Dominique Rizet in the show Let the accused enter. Thursday, February 23 in the morning, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, general manager of BFMTV, announced to employees the dismissal for serious misconduct of the journalist with the sweet voice. The 54-year-old man, historical presenter of the night diary channel, had been suspended from the air since January 11. In question: the discovery of the dissemination of sequences not validated by his hierarchy in his news.
Two sequences moreover identified by CheckNews, broadcast in the night diary of BFMTV, led to the dismissal of the flagship journalist of the antenna. In particular, a topic broadcast on June 22 promoting a business forum between Spain and Morocco, which was held in the city of Dakhla, located in Western Sahara, a disputed and non-autonomous territory according to the UN, but which Morocco claims.
Audit internal
It was by an internal email that Marc Olivier Fogiel warned the journalists and employees of the channel. The boss of the channel recalled having been alerted at the beginning of the year by Radio France, which was investigating “actionsSuspects of Rachid M’Barki. A report that led to the opening of a “internal audit”. “Following the revelations of Radio France relating to the actions of journalist Rachid M’Barki which led to his exemption from activity on January 11, the group initiated an internal audit in order to examine the veracity of the incidents reported and likely to to have taken place during the night diary the BFMTV […] These investigations made it possible to identify several sequences, between 2021 and 2022, which were broadcast without respecting the validation process and the editorial line.»
«These shortcomings are the sole responsibility of a journalist who has not respected the rules in force within the editorial staff. Management decided to terminate his employment contract on February 21“says the courier.
Finally, Marc-Olivier Fogiel also announced that a complaint once morest X was filed on February 22. “The Group has also decided to further strengthen its current systems and controls to allow better security of the processes of integrating content and monitoring the control of the antenna”further specifies the press release.
