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June 15, 2010

Sarkozy scoop could land French journalist with five years in jail

By Dominic wireposts

Sky News producer Tami Hoffman who spotted that prime minister Gordon Brown had referred to a voter as a “bigoted woman” in a private, but recorded, moment was rightly lauded for finding the scoop of the campaign.

It seems that if she was working in France it might have been a very different story.

Journalist Augustin Scalbert is facing up to five years in jail for receiving stolen goods after publishing footage leaked from TV channel France 3 which showed French president Nicolas Sarkozy being rude in a recorded off-fair moment.

French English-language newspaper The Connexion has the story:

In the clip, Sarkozy is seen having make-up applied and is heard to say bonjour to a technician fitting a microphone who then does not respond.

“It’s a question of education,” the president says. “When you’re invited, you have the right for people to say hello to you.

“Otherwise, we’re not at a public broadcaster we’re at a street rally… unbelievable.”

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The president then added: “This is going to change.”

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