Louis Boyard
Role at the time: La France insoumise member of the National Assembly for Val-de-Marne
Condemned
Response to this claim
In the week after the October 17 protests, racist remarks and false information were broadcast on BFMTV without objection from its management or its presenters, and this racism has direct consequences for society.
“You have politicians who make racist remarks every day, but you also have media that give such an unjust image of working-class neighborhoods (Translated from French. Original: Vous avez des responsables politiques qui tiennent des propos racistes au quotidien, mais vous avez aussi des médias qui donnent une image des quartiers populaires qui est tellement injuste)”
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Why we used this label
The case concerns whether BFMTV let racist remarks go unchallenged on air before the Trappes attack, as its critics say. Boyard, speaking on the channel, faults it for racist remarks by Zemmour and connects media portrayals of working-class neighborhoods to far-right violence, which condemns the conduct under scrutiny.