Key legal question
Whether the television portrait broadcast shortly before the election violated program-law requirements of objectivity and plurality.
Extracted holding
The broadcast, because of its timing and overwhelmingly positive political framing shortly before the election, unlawfully influenced voter opinion and breached program-law requirements.
Extracted reasoning
Gsteigerten journalistic duties apply to any editorial item with a concrete link to an imminent election. The report gave Corminboeuf a uniquely favorable platform, omitted countervailing voices, and could distort electoral equality.