Élise Lucet

Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet in 2015
Born (1963-05-30) 30 May 1963
Rouen, France
Occupation Journalist, Television host,
Pièces à Conviction , Cash investigation, France 3
Years active 1983 - present
Spouse(s) Martin Bourgeois
Children 1 daughter

Élise Lucet (born 30 May 1963), is a French investigative journalist and television host.

Early life

Élise Lucet was born on 30 May 1963 in Rouen, France.[1][2]

Career

Lucet began her career under Henri Sannier on the on Caen affiliate of France 3 in 1983.[2] She subsequently worked for Sygma TV and France Inter.[2] In 1987, she hosted La Marche du siècle.[2] In 1990, she became the host of 19/20, France 3's evening news program.[2] In 1997 she became the editor of the program.[2]

As a writer and television producer, Lucet has hosted Pièces à Conviction since 2000.[2] In 2005, she left 19/20 to host 13 heures le journal on France 2.[2] In April 2012, she hosted Cash Investigation, an investigative television programme.[2]

Her show Cash Investigation created many controversies :

  • In June 2012 the World Wildlife Fund sued France 2 to prevent broadcast of an interview of the NGO's management. The courts ruled in favor of France 2.[3]
  • In October 2013, the program revealed that the French government had fined the training arm of Jardiland 3.2 million euros in September 2012. The issue was fraudulent transactions concerning hundreds of false training certificates issued between 2007 and 2011. The certificates allowed them to illegally receive subsidies from professional training organizations.[4]Jardiland announced it would bring a defamation suit against France Télévisions,[5] publicly accusing the Cash investigation report of presenting false information. In April 2015 more than a year later, Jardiland withdrew its suit.[6]
  • In 2015, Rachida Dati criticized the broadcast for the questions it raised about a possible link between Rachida Dati and the Engie corporation (formerly GDF-Suez).[7]
  • In 2015, Élise Lucet took part in a demonstration by the collective named "Informer n’est pas un délit" (Informing is not a crime) against a proposed French law defining trade secrets[8] an amendment to the Loi pour la croissance, l'activité et l'égalité des chances économiques (Law for growth, activity and equality of economic opportunity), known as the "Loi Macron". She opposed the measure because it would hamper the production of broadcasts like Cash investigation.[9] A book was scheduled for publication in 2015 [10]
  • After the February 2, 2016 broadcast of Produits chimiques, nos enfants en danger (Chemical products, our children in danger), the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS) (French Association for Scientific Information) issued a press release claiming that the documentary misled viewers. It cited the transformation of the summary of the European Food Safety Authority, which said: "Plus de 97 % des aliments contiennent des résidus de pesticides dans les limites légales dont 54.6% ne contiennent aucun résidu détectable" (More than 97% of foods contain pesticide residues within legal limits; 54.6 of these contain no detectable trace), into "Plus de 97 % des aliments contiennent des résidus de pesticides" (More than 97% of foods contain pesticide residues).[11] Several weeks later AFIS returned to the subject, in a more detailed article, Comment les téléspectateurs ont été abusés par 'Cash Investigation'.[12] The disputed number is cited once at the beginning of the episode.
  • In July 2016, the Superior council of audio-visual (CSA), seized by parliamentarians, published a decision relating to the file of Investigation on pesticides. The board "regretted that journalists misrepresented that a study by the European Food Safety Authority had revealed that 97% of foodstuffs contained residues of pesticides" and asked France Televisions to "respect, at the future, their obligations regarding rigor in the presentation and processing of information.[13]
  • In October 2016, EFSA publishes its new annual report on pesticide residues in foods. Following the controversy, EFSA changed the technical terms of its report: this time there is no question of detection limit (LOD) in pesticide residues but of limit of quantification of pesticide residues (LOQ).[14]
  • In October 2016, the first deputy of the city of Nice, Christian Estrosi brings, in direct, contradictory elements to the assertions of the emission, relating to the cost and the use of a stadium of the city. The elected representative brings information in the opposite direction, diffused publicly via a dedicated website. Lucet and Estrosi violently opposed each other at the end of the show.[15]
  • On the occasion of the broadcast of the program in March 2017 on acts of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, the Conference of Bishops of France underlines and denounces the accusatory methods practiced by the journalists of the show; the angles of presentation chosen take little account of the recent measures taken by this Church to prevent and punish these acts. She went to the Vatican to interpellate Pope Francis.[16]

Her pugnacity and daring are appreciated by the spectators. Her show achieves audience records for a news program and she is elected in October 2017, favorite TV Host by the French.[17]

Television

Radio

Filmography

Year Title Role Director
2016 150 Milligrams Herself Emmanuelle Bercot

Accolades

  • 2008 : Lucet became a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[18]
  • 2014 : The audiovisual club of Paris awarded her the "Laurier of the TV magazine" for Cash investigation on February 17, 2014[19]
  • 2014 : The 2014 "International Press (Television) Grand Prize" is awarded to her for "her entire career in international news and for excellence and courage in the treatment of international issues in Cash Investigation.[20]

Personal life

Lucet married Martin Bourgeois in 2006; they had a daughter, Rose.[2] Bourgeois died in 2011.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Lucet, Élise (1963-....) forme internationale". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Élise Lucet". Gala. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ ""Cash investigation" : WWF poursuit France 2 en justice" (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Formation Pro - Jardiland et les dérives de la formation professionnelle". France Télévisions (in French). France Télévisions. October 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Leclerc, Morgan (October 3, 2013). "Mis en cause par France 2, Jardiland conteste "une enquête fantaisiste" sur les dérives de la formation". LSA Conso (in French). LSA.
  6. ↑ "Formation Pro:Jardiland et les dérives de la formation professionnelle". France Télévisions (in French). France Télévisions. October 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ France TV. "Je n'ai rien à cacher".
  8. ↑ Guillaume Couet; Vanessa Jiménez-Serrania; Nizar Lajnef; Elisabeth Logeais (June 11, 2015). "Questions for National Reporters of LIDC STOCKHOLM 2015" (PDF). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF COMPETITION LAW. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Le secret des affaires: la directive européene qui veut taire la vérité" (in French).
  10. ↑ Avec Élise Lucet, l’indépendance défendue sans relâche (interview). L'Humanité 7 septembre 2015
  11. ↑ AFIS (February 9, 2016). "Cash Investigation et les pesticides : quand des contrevérités sont diffusées en prime time" (in French).
  12. ↑ "Comment les téléspectateurs ont été abusés par Cash Investigation". March 2, 2016.
  13. ↑ http://www.csa.fr/Espace-juridique/Decisions-du-CSA/Emission-Cash-investigation-du-2-fevrier-2016-intervention-aupres-de-France-Televisions
  14. ↑ "Résidus de pesticides dans les aliments: le risque pour les consommateurs reste faible - Autorité européenne de sécurité des aliments". www.efsa.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  15. ↑ ""Clash investigation" entre Lucet et Estrosi sur le stade de Nice". 18 October 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Cash investigation - Église catholique en France". 20 March 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  17. ↑ lefigaro.fr (31 October 2017). "Élise Lucet, animatrice préférée des Français, Cyril Hanouna dans les derniers du classement". Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Communiqués de presse". www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  19. ↑ http://www.programme-television.org/news-tv/lauriers-de-la-television-et-de-la-radio-decouvrez-le-palmares-2356
  20. ↑ Atlasseo. "Le grand prix de la presse internationale". www.apepresseetrangere.org. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
Preceded by
Paul Amar		 Hosts 19/20 on France 3
1990-2005		 Succeeded by
Audrey Pulvar
Preceded by
Benoit Duquesne		 Hosts of 13 heures le journal on France 2
2005–present		 Incumbent
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