Legal action over sarko tv clip leak

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FOOTAGE OF PRESIDENT TELLING OFF A FRANCE 3 TECHNICIAN HAS BEEN WATCHED 2.6 MILLION TIMES ONLINE A France 3 employee has been charged with leaking a clip of Nicolas Sarkozy giving a lesson


in manners to a TV technician ahead of a live interview. The footage, which has been watched 2.6 million times on the Daily Motion video-sharing website, shows the minutes leading up to the


president's TV interview on the 19.00 national news bulletin on France 3 in July last year. The broadcaster launched an investigation into how the clip was leaked and began legal action


against the technician for theft. A pre-trial hearing took place last week, according to _20 Minutes_. 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.” The president then added, ominously: “This is going to change.” Later in the video, Sarkozy asks one of


the bulletin's journalists, Gilles Leclerc, why he had not been on-screen for a long time, asking how long he had been _au placard_ (kept aside). RELATED STORIES: Sarko vs the TV


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