The dismissal of Sébastien Thoen denounced by 150 journalists from Canal +

Capture of the parody show "L'Heure des predictions" -

A dismissal that goes very badly.

Nearly 150 journalists and Canal + employees denounced, in a press release published on Friday, the eviction of their colleague Sébastien Thoen.

He was fired by the encrypted channel after a sketch that parodied the show 

presented by Pascal Praud on CNews.

"We, employees of the Canal + sports department, and / or journalists from the Canal + group's editorial staff, are outraged against this eviction," write the signatories, who invoke "freedom of expression, caricature and parody".

A sketch on "The hour of the pros"

"We claim the right to exercise our jobs without fear of being dismissed, dismissed, worried if what we say, write, displeases our management," they add.

Sébastien Thoen, columnist for the

 and presenter of the

, was fired from the channel after taking part in a sketch that parodied Pascal Praud's show on CNews

,

reported last week

.

The Canal + and CNews channels both belong to the Canal + group, whose parent company Vivendi is controlled by Vincent Bolloré.

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