Does the fact that the head of BEA stonewalled about the contents of the cockpit recorder at a press conference which his organisation had decided to hold, but that this information subsequently came into the public domain within 12 hours by a most circuitous route, reflect well on BEA's press relations judgement?
I heard the conference, my French is iffy but as I understood it he didn't stonewall, he simply said nothing had been ruled in or out and the FDR had yet to be analysised. In other words the head of the BEA did what the head of the NTSB or the AAIB would have done in similar circumstances...and quite right to.
Before rushing to judgement about the BEA bear in mind that "this information" is coming from unattributed sources in the media and could yet be shown to be as a work of fiction or widely adrift of the truth.