Frédéric Taddeï (born 5 January 1961) is a French journalist and television and radio host. He hosted '' Interdit d'interdire'' on the French-language version of the Russian state-controlled television network RT from 2018 until 2022, when he resigned shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine out of "loyalty towards France". Taddeï grew up in

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious commune in the Parisian area, located from its centre. It is a subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department an ...

. From 1997 to 2006, he hosted the late night programme ''Paris Dernière'' broadcast on the cable television station

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. From 2006 to 2016, Taddeï hosted the cultural talk show ''Ce soir (ou jamais !)'' first on

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and then on

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from 2013, both public television stations. From 2005 to 2011, he also hosted several radio shows on

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Controversies

Taddeï has been criticised by other French journalists and public figures like Caroline Fourest and Patrick Cohen because of his vision of freedom of speech. In his television show ''Ce soir (ou jamais !)'' he invited controversial French personalities such as Dieudonné, Alain Soral, Jean Bricmont, and

Marc-Édouard Nabe Marc-Édouard Nabe (born Alain Marc Édouard Zannini; 27 December 1958) is a French writer, painter and jazz guitarist. After drawing cartoons for several publications including Hara-Kiri, Nabe published his first book ''Au régal des vermines' ...

(one of his friends). These figures are accused by their critics of having antisemitic opinions; Taddeï was criticised for giving them a platform, even though no complaints were ever made about anything that was aired in eight years of broadcasting, except when

Matthieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for ''See How They ...

expressed his doubts about the 9/11 case. Taddeï and ''Ce soir (ou jamais !)'' have been defended by personalities such as

Bernard Pivot Bernard Pivot (; born 5 May 1935) is a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020. Biography Pivot was born in Lyon, the son of two grocers. During Wor ...

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and Alain Jacubowicz (president of the

LICRA The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism—or Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (LICRA) in French—was established in 1927, and is opposed to intolerance, xenophobia and exclusion. In 1927, French journ ...

, the French League Against Racism and Antisemitism).

References

External links

''Ce soir (ou jamais !)''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taddei, Frederic 1961 births Living people Journalists from Paris French radio presenters French television talk show hosts French male non-fiction writers French people of Italian descent