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New Saint-Denis Mayor Sues TV Channel CNews over Racist Comments
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leprogres.fr
bienpublic.comLaurent Nuñez, Minister of the Interior, described the statements made on the CNews plateau on Friday against Bally Bagayoko, as "ignoble" and "absolutely unacceptable", saying that the government was studying them "in order to know whether it was a call to racial discrimination and a public insult".
New mayor LFI of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, has been the target of attacks deemed racist, notably on the channel CNews
Mayor LFI of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko had already received on Monday the support of the Ministers of Interior and Culture, after having been the target of "ignible attacks" on CNews' antenna.
French channel CNews is accused of allowing racist remarks against mayor
Bally Bagayoko, the new mayor of Saint-Denis, filed a complaint after contributors to France's equivalent of Fox News sparked outrage with comments targeting him. The regulator will once again have to rule on the most frequently sanctioned channel in the country.
franceinfo.fr
Radio FranceThe Arcom "has the power to suspend certain broadcasts, even to terminate the agreement of approval", stresses France Inter Dominique Sopo, president of SOS Racisme.
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