France: Petition to ban TV channel gets 500,000 signatures
France 24
What the coverage says
A petition demanding the removal of right-wing television channel CNews from the air has surpassed 500,000 signatures. DW reports that backing for the petition surged following a shooting last month in which a Black man of Congolese origin was killed and seven others were wounded by a gunman. DW adds that critics describe the network as a "platform for anti-immigrant sentiments" and compare it to Fox News, while France 24 notes that the suspect in the racist killing was a reported avid viewer of the channel.
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