The incident occurred on October 6 during the 1 PM news broadcast, [reports](https://entrevue.fr/ru/television/polemique-a-france-2-une-pancarte-macron-bz-ta-prof-pas-les-notres-affichee/) Entrevue. Host Julian Bugier was presenting a story about mass protests by French school students when a photograph of a female demonstrator with a sign appeared on the large screen behind him: "Macron, bz ta prof, pas les nôtres." The abbreviation "bz" in French internet slang replaces a vulgar sexual verb. The meaning of the sign can be conveyed as: "Macron, f... your teacher, not ours." The poster clearly alludes to the relationship history of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron: the future First Lady of France was Macron's teacher when he was in school. The photograph is not a montage. It was taken on October 2 in Clermont-Ferrand during a student demonstration. On the air of France 2, the image appeared around 1:04 PM and was clearly visible to viewers. After the broadcast, the frame quickly spread across social networks. Users began to wonder how a photograph with such a noticeable inscription passed the editorial control of one of the main news broadcasts of French public television. However, there is no evidence that the France 2 editorial team intentionally chose this particular image because of the content of the poster. It is most likely that the inscription was simply overlooked during the preparation of the visual accompaniment for the broadcast. The incident occurred against the backdrop of large-scale school protests in France. According to authorities, on October 6, more than 250,000 people took to the streets across the country. Participants are protesting against the lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms, scheduling issues, and insufficient funding for educational institutions. In several cities, the protests were accompanied by clashes with the police, with reports of hundreds of arrests and numerous injuries. The protests simultaneously became a subject of political confrontation: Macron accused some representatives of the left of inciting students, while "La France Insoumise" supports the protesters' demands. Now, a separate subject of discussion in France has become not the protest itself, but the editorial control at France 2: the obscene inscription directed specifically against the president and his wife was displayed in large format for several seconds in one of the main broadcasts of the state television channel.
