Frédéric Taddeï

Frédéric Taddeï (born 5 January 1961) is a French journalist and television and radio host. He hosted Interdit d'interdire on the French-language version of the Russian state-controlled television network RT from 2018 until 2022, when he resigned shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine out of "loyalty towards France".[1][2]

Frédéric Taddeï
Taddeï in 2012
Born (1961-01-05) 5 January 1961
Paris, France
PartnerClaire Nebout
Career
ShowCe soir (ou jamais !)
Interdit d'interdire
Station(s)France 3, RT France
NetworkFrance Télévisions, RT
CountryFrance

Taddeï grew up in Boulogne-Billancourt. From 1997 to 2006, he hosted the late night programme Paris Dernière broadcast on the cable television station Paris Première. From 2006 to 2016, Taddeï hosted the cultural talk show Ce soir (ou jamais !) first on France 3 and then on France 2 from 2013, both public television stations. From 2005 to 2011, he also hosted several radio shows on Europe 1.

Controversies

Taddeï has been criticised by other French journalists and public figures like Caroline Fourest and Patrick Cohen because of his vision of freedom of speech. In his television show Ce soir (ou jamais !) he invited controversial French personalities such as Dieudonné, Alain Soral, Jean Bricmont, and Marc-Édouard Nabe. These figures are accused by their critics of having antisemitic opinions; Taddeï was criticised for giving them a platform, even though no complaints were ever made about anything that was aired in eight years of broadcasting, except when Matthieu Kassovitz expressed his doubts about the 9/11 case. Taddeï and Ce soir (ou jamais !) have been defended by personalities such as Bernard Pivot, Régis Debray and Alain Jacubowicz (president of the LICRA, the French League Against Racism and Antisemitism).[3]

References
  1. ""Par loyauté" envers son pays, Frédéric Taddeï arrête son émission sur la chaîne russe RT France", Marianne (in French), 23 February 2022.
  2. "Avec "Interdit d'interdire", Taddéï débarque ce soir sur RT", L'Express (in French), 27 September 2018.
  3. David Doucet (27 February 2014). "Frédéric Taddeï : Ce soir ou plus jamais?" [Frédéric Taddeï: Tonight or never?] (in French). Les Inrocks. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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