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French public media is being targeted by the far-right

France’s public radio and television are accused of overspending, misspending, favoritism and left-wing political bias, according to a parliamentary report released this week.

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JLJohn Laurenson
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In this AP file photo, employees of France’s state radio corporation Radio France attend a strike meeting held at the company’s headquarters in Paris, France, Monday, April 13, 2015. The board reads: “Long Live Public Radio.”

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Overspending, misspending, favoritism and left-wing political bias: These are the charges leveled against France’s public radio and television by a parliamentary report published this week.

Critics of the report describe it as a “foretaste of the extreme right in power”. The head of the committee of lawmakers that produced it is a member of a party allied to Jordan Bardella’s far-right National Rally.

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