Charlie Hebdo denounces in a post to be published on Wednesday the “cynicism” of the Secretary of State for the City Sabrina Agresti-Roubache who, to justify her interview with the new JDD formula, declared herself “daughter of Cabu”, designer killed during of the jihadist attack on the newspaper in 2015. “Cynicism, amateurism and political ignorance do not excuse everything”, criticizes Gérard Biard, editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo, in a brief editorial entitled “adjustment” published Tuesday on X (ex-Twitter).
In question, the interview granted by the Secretary of State for the City to the first edition of the Sunday Journal under the leadership of Geoffroy Lejeune, marked on the right. The weekly returned to newsstands on Sunday after a historic 40-day editorial strike, firmly opposed to the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune at its head, fearing a righting of the title. “We can’t have been Charlie, going to demonstrate and tearing freedom of expression to pieces today. Journalists died. I am a Cabu girl. Me, in any case, it has never been in my DNA, “said Sabrina Agresti-Roubache to the JDD to motivate her interview.
Several left-wing officials denounced this interview, accusing Macronie of “accelerating [r] the trivialization” of the JDD. In the majority, the Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune distanced himself from the “choice” of his colleague. “In terms of communication, it defends itself: it’s a great way to go from the stage of perfect stranger to that of buzz maker”, tackle for his part Gérard Biard. But “it would have been wise for [the Secretary of State] to recall that Cabu has, throughout his life and his career, fought the far right without concession,” adds the historical journalist from Charlie Hebdo.
The publication of the first issue under the direction of Geoffroy Lejeune was peppered with other controversies. The new editorial staff is suspected of having confused two miscellaneous facts on his front page photo, which Lagardère News, owner of the newspaper, disputed. The boss of Radio France Sibyle Veil also denounced Monday on “X” (ex-Twitter) the publication of false information about her. Deserted by the outgoing strike journalists, the editorial staff of the JDD on Sunday was made up of “volunteers”, close to Geoffroy Lejeune or Lagardère employees, such as Pascal Praud (journalist for Europe 1 and CNews) or Eric Naulleau (ex-debating companion of ‘Eric Zemmour, supported by Geoffroy Lejeune in the presidential election of 2022).
