This is another sensitive matter. The creator of the Cinema and Politics YouTube channel denounced this week in a message on X and from the website Stopping on images the fact that the daily program of France Inter, Sensitive cases, which relates historical facts, plagiarized his work in the December 1, 2022 issue devoted to the film The Battle of Algiers. Host Fabrice Drouelle admitted this plagiarism, apologized on behalf of the show and thanked listeners for their support.
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Very touched by this case which is not representative of the work done on a daily basis
by the Sensitive Affairs team” and which is the fault of one of the authors (…) who left the team
, the director of the channel, Adèle Van Reeth, delivers her reaction and details the actions carried out. Regarding possible legal action against the offending author, she states: We are studying all the possibilities with the legal department of Radio France.
Fabrice Drouelle, show host Sensitive cases, admitted that an episode that first aired in December 2022 was a plagiarism of a videographer’s work by one of the show’s writers. How do you react ?
My primary concern was to preserve the reputation of the show which, for almost ten years, has done a phenomenal job. Its success is based on seriousness, vigilance and honesty. This story of plagiarism is really very regrettable and it affected the team and Fabrice Drouelle a lot. It is not representative of the work done on a daily basis and is the fault of one of the authors who worked on Sensitive cases these last years. He has since left the team.
What are you going to do ?
We have acknowledged the plagiarism. We have contacted the person who was the victim: we are going to declare her as the author so that she can receive the copyright. Time to re-listen to all the podcasts written by the author at fault, we have removed them out of caution. We will filter everything and we will republish them or not, depending.
Will you attack the author of these plagiarisms?
We are studying all the possibilities with the legal department of Radio France. I repeat: this situation is all the more unacceptable in that it is not representative of the work done by Sensitive cases.