INTERVIEW
In March 2019, Secretary of State Marlene Schiappa denounced "a form of populism" in Special Envoy and Cash investigation , two programs carried by journalist Élise Lucet. On Europe 1 in L'Equipée sauvage , the journalist goes back on these criticisms, which she does not understand.
"The job of a journalist is to get the truth"
"We can not accuse Special Envoy or Cash investigation of populism," said Élise Lucet. "The job of a journalist is to get the truth, make it totally understandable for everyone. (...) If doing journalism, including investigative, and go looking for things that ministers do not They do not really want to be told, it's populism, well we do not have the same vision of populism at all, "she says. The Secretary of State for Equality between Women and Men deplored the image of the policies conveyed by the program. "We bring viewers extremely complex information, sometimes extremely hidden, (...) it's not populism, that's why you pay a TV fee," says Élise Lucet.
"Me what I wish is a loyal interview"
Another criticism often addressed to the issue Cash Investigation : the method. Several times, Élise Lucet has sought, face camera, to meet interlocutors who systematically opposed him for the purpose of non-receipt, giving the passage some crisp sequences of running. "Nobody wants to run after anyone and I'm tired of doing it," says the journalist. "Me what I wish is an interview with the loyal, in a quiet office, and the whole team of Cash Investigation agrees on it," said Élise Lucet. A frame often refused by the people on whom Élise Lucet investigates. "When we are in the 22nd mail, the eighth phone call, and that the person does not answer you, we are reduced to arrive there but it is not at all our wish," said the reporter.