31 March 2023 | Tarnished reputation and a hefty bill for IVV
The Interprofession de la Vigne et du Vin du Valais (IVV) has had one legal setback after another. And it's costing a lot. Who is going to pay? Which begs the question: does the IVV really defend the interests of the wine industry, or just the personal interests of its directors?
17 March 2023 | The scandal is that there is no scandal!
Justice stalls! Unable to unleash her fury on her usual targets, Marie Parvex of Le Matin Dimanche has found a convenient excuse to bring the 'Giroud affair' out of the wardrobe: if Dominique Giroud, without harming anyone, can continue on his merry way out of the spotlight, it's because the Valais Public Prosecutor's Office is letting cases drag on! Out of disorganisation, or even (as one contributor to his article of 12 March 2023 suggests) to 'protect' him. Good grief!
24 December 2018 | "Temps Présent" Eric Felley's regrets
It's certainly not the kind of article that makes headlines, but that's no reason to pass up an opportunity to thank Le Matin and its journalist Eric Felley. On Christmas Eve 2018, the "lematin.ch" website carried an article headlined "Dominique Giroud's wife died suddenly in Valais". [...]
25 January 2018 | The 24 Heures fake news accusing Dominique Giroud
When journalists forget the basics of their profession and fail to check their information, the result is fake news. Today, under the pen of Fabiano Citroni, the daily 24 Heures published such fake news, claiming that Dominique Giroud had been questioned by Patrick Schriber, the public prosecutor, for having sold wine [...].
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.
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 [...]