France - French regulator objects to bodies in TV report on Mali atrocities

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is astounded by the warnings that France's Higher Council for Broadcasting (CSA) has given to the state-owned national TV broadcaster, France Télévisions, over a report on France 2's “Envoyé Spécial” programme about the situation in Mali. The warnings have set a disturbing precedent for the entire media profession. Entitled “Atrocities in Mali?” and labelled as “not for viewers under the age of 10,” the report was about atrocities by the Malian armed forces since the start (...)

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