Samuel Etienne

Samuel Etienne is a journalist and TV host French within the Groupe Canal+, born with Rennes on May 20th, 1971.

It currently presents the emission the special edition on the crenel of midday on Canal+, as well as the emission are not afraid of the words on I>Télé and Planet company , each Wednesday on Planet.

Childhood and formation

Samuel Etienne is graduate Institut of political studies of Paris.

Career

He was successively journalist with the local antenna of Radio Nostalgia in the Drome, then within the radio of economic information BFM (1996 with 1997) then with Radio France international (1997 with 1999).

In 2000, it joined the chain of information uninterrupted I>Télé, subsidiary of the Groupe Canal+. In 2002, it leaves temporarily I>Télé, to spend six months to Radio France international before returning on the chain information when the drafting of this one amalgamates with that of Canal+. In September 2004, it takes part in the launching of are not afraid of the words on I>Télé, an emission of debate diffused of the Monday to Thursday to 19:35 on I>Télé. It in parallel presents the newspaper of the night to 23:00 on I>Télé.

In spring 2006, Samuel Etienne refused the proposal of France 3, which had proposed to him to animate new the talk show cultural daily newspaper, This evening (or never!) (finally entrusted to Frederic Taddéi). “the project of France 3 was tempting but the adventure of I>Télé is filling with enthusiasm. In this year of presidential, I could not solve me with the abandonment of the emission. ” explained the journalist with Internet site Imédias.biz. With the re-entry 2006, the emission let us not be afraid of the words which it presents is lengthened 20 minutes and is transferred from the Tuesday to Friday to 19:35.

Since September 2006, it presents each Wednesday Planet company , one evening the documentary ones of topicality on Planet.

Between October 2006 and June 2007, it ensures the presentation of the evening paper on Canal+ of the Monday to Friday 18:50, to replace Charlotte Grix of the Room. It ceases presenting the evening papers on I>Télé (it is replaced by Claire Fournier) but continues the animation of are not afraid of the words . In parallel, between December 2006 and June 2007 it is the " joker" of Pascale Clark, conceptrice and presenter of the daily program In aside diffused on Canal+.

Since September 2007, it presents, with Ariel Wizman and Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, a new emission diffused of information and divertissment, the special edition , Monday to Friday with 12:40 on Canal+ in the place of the emission In aside .

Polemic on its neutrality

During the emission let us not be afraid of the words , Samuel Etienne was taken with party by two guests for his political preference supposed in favor of Nicolas Sarkozy (that it contradicted forever nor confirmed as any journalist is tacitly held to do it). Thus, in December 2005, Stephan Pocrain asked to the presenter Samuel Etienne if it defended the ideas of Nicolas Sarkozy. In the same way, in February 2006, Jean-Luc Mélenchon asked him a question ( “are you of right-hand side, Samuel? ” ) which the journalist did not wish to answer. Nevertheless, in January 2007, Philippe Shard, another speaker of the emission, this time of " reproached him; to speak only about Ségolène Royal" and to support the left.

In the magazine Inrockuptibles of December 19th, 2006, Samuel Etienne declares “I receive each day of the emails of reproaches sometimes showing me to disparage Ségolène Royal systematically, sometimes to be a dangerous gauchist not having of cease to criticize Nicolas Sarkozy. I receive an appreciably equal number of emails of the two camps. I say myself whereas I make my job rather honestly. ”

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