The blindfold was on the air for less than two seconds, but the damage was done. On Friday afternoon, the L'Équipe channel broadcast the program L'Équipe d'Estelle , hosted exceptionally by Carine Galli. But that's not the only thing that caught the eye of viewers. At 5:37 pm, while the columnists were in the midst of a debate on the fate of footballer Houssem Aouar, a “breaking news” appeared on the screen: “Death of B. Tapie (1943-2020)”. Information that turned out to be false.
Big fail of L'Equipe which mistakenly announces the death of Bernard Tapie in a banner that remained on the air for a second ... pic.twitter.com/Rvv4f1udyO
- Kevin Boucher (@kevboucher) August 28, 2020Displayed barely more than a second on the screens, the news caused a stir on social networks. A few minutes later, the channel wanted "to apologize to Bernard Tapie and his relatives, as well as to his viewers, for the dissemination, by mistake, of false information, he was communicated on Twitter. The L'Équipe channel supports Bernard Tapie more than ever in his fight against the disease. "
The businessman, interviewed by La Provence , did not fail to react to his false death. “I'm not at my best but they seem in a hurry. We will still have to wait, ”he commented. This is not the first time that Bernard Tapie learns that he has just died. Already in October 2019, Le Monde published the obituary of the former OM president on its website following a technical failure.
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