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". [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
13 January 2015 | All this for nothing? The Cogest report gives birth to a mouse
"L'Etat du Valais a presque tout fait juste" (ATS). "A report spares the State of Valais" (24 Heures). "Good report for the State of Valais" (La Liberté). "Report favourable to the State of Valais" (L'Agefi). "Le ministre Tornay disculpé" (Le Temps). Similar headlines appeared in the German and Ticino press. The Walliser Bote devoted [...]
23 December 2014 | Le Temps and RTS go wild
As a reminder: Dominique Giroud made a tax error. He has acknowledged this error. He said it was unacceptable. He has publicly expressed his regrets. He undertook to reimburse the amounts he had misappropriated. He was convicted by the courts. Fault-regrets-conviction-reparation. The case is closed. But not for everyone. In his [...]
4 December 2014 | Question from L'Agefi: Will Dominique Giroud go after those who falsely accused him?
Spokesman's reaction Dominique Giroud has been acquitted by the courts in the so-called St-Saphorin case. The Vaud court was able to establish that the bottles were in conformity. Dominique Giroud's spokesman, Marc Comina, explains what action his client will take in response to the court's decision. Do you have an estimate of the commercial damage caused to [...].
3 December 2014 | Dominique Giroud acquitted, there was never any Fendant in his St-Saphorin
Press release In 2006, Dominique Giroud sold a batch of 100,000 bottles of St-Saphorin. It was the first time that a Valaisan had distributed Vaud wine on a large scale, although the reverse is often the case. In 2009, a criminal complaint was lodged by a Vaud winegrower, but withdrawn two years later. Eager to determine [...]