10 January 2017 | "Temps Présent" severely condemned by the courts
The AIEP - the SRG's supervisory body - found in favour of Dominique Giroud and, in the recitals of its decision of 25 August 2016, sent a veritable volley of green wood to 'Temps Présent'. The recitals read like a laundry list of the serious faults accumulated by journalists at Temps Présent.
8 September 2016 | New display of media mediocrity in the Giroud case
Le Temps, l'ats, la RTS, 20 minutes, 24 Heures, la Tribune de Genève, Le Nouvelliste, Le Matin, etc., all the media are interchangeable when it comes to the Giroud case. A few days ago (on 25 August 2016), a decisive piece of information could have been broadcast in all these media. And what was that? The Temps Présent [...] programme.
26 August 2016 | the Federal Court reverses itself and chooses to ignore Dominique Giroud's arguments
This is not the first time that a decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has puzzled Dominique Giroud's lawyers, who are wondering why the country's highest court is ignoring the wine merchant's arguments and retaining only the incriminating facts. This time, however, the bad faith of the Federal [...]
25 August 2016 | Temps Présent condemned for smearing Dominique Giroud
Does Temps Présent ring a bell? It's the gem of news programmes in Switzerland and Europe. A benchmark since its creation in 1969. "Heavyweight", as journalists would say today. To date, the programme has never been found guilty of breaching its duty of objectivity and truthfulness. In fact, it likes to [...]
25 April 2016 | Refusing transparency to avoid fuelling "media lynching"
At the end of 2014, Dominique Giroud was cleared by the courts of the suspicion that he had put Fendant in his St-Saphorin. Stunned and disappointed, the journalists who had campaigned against him for a year refused to believe it. In their eyes, Dominique Giroud could not be innocent. Several of them asked to see the [...].
21 January 2016 | The role of RTS and journalist Yves Steiner denounced by an investigation in the German-language press
In a lengthy investigation, Weltwoche reveals the dubious actions and complicity of Yves Steiner, an RTS journalist who has since gone into the service of the Swiss Confederation, in the cyber-attack that allegedly targeted two journalists in French-speaking Switzerland in March 2014. The most troubling aspect of this case is that Yves Steiner is at both the front and the back of the line. [...]
21 January 2016 | Massive media dysfunction on the back of Dominique Giroud
This case would be laughable if it weren't so dismaying. It is a shining example of the weaknesses of a certain type of journalism practised in French-speaking Switzerland. Above all, it proves once again that some journalists abandon all restraint when it comes to bashing and ridiculing Dominique Giroud and his companies. The only problem in this case is that these journalists [...]
3 December 2015 | As there was nothing to find, Dick Marty found nothing
Dick Marty's investigation therefore ended in huge disappointment for all those who had hoped to find proof that the canton of Valais is riddled with cronyism, wheeling and dealing and favours done for friends in defiance of the law. Not surprisingly, Dick Marty claims quite the opposite. The [...]
4 September 2015 | Federal Court decision: a defeat that is tantamount to victory
In August 2014, Dominique Giroud lodged an appeal for denial of justice with the Valais Cantonal Court. The stated aim of the action was to prevent the COGEST report, which was said at the time to be imminent, from violating his privacy by disclosing confidential information about his tax file. Objective achieved. The [...]
24 June 2015 | The zeal of the Swiss Trade Commission leaves one wondering
Ah, media pressure! How many have not succumbed to it in the past? The Swiss Control of the Wine Trade (CSCV) now belongs to the category of weak institutions that kowtow to the media. The directors of the CSCV panicked and lost their wits. They published false figures and [...]