Calls mount to ban French TV channel CNews after racist killing

Le Monde2 November 2026, 16:54 UTCFrance

On Monday, a petition calling for the closure of CNews, a channel part of conservative French billionaire Vincent Bolloré's group often described as France's answer to Fox News, surpassed 500,000 signatures.

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