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Thomas Legrand, Patrick Cohen: Why is public broadcasting suspected of bias?

Thomas Legrand, Patrick Cohen: Why is public broadcasting suspected of bias?

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Patrick Cohen and Thomas Legrand, on the France Inter morning show in May 2017. The two men have been the subject of criticism since their meeting with two Socialist Party (PS) representatives, fueling suspicions of bias. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
A video captured without their knowledge during a meeting with two Socialist elected officials and broadcast by the conservative media outlet L'incorrect has led to suspicions of bias against journalists Thomas Legrand and Patrick Cohen. These accusations are refuted by the two Radio France employees, the former of whom has been suspended.

Caught on July 7th at a café table during a meeting with two representatives of the Socialist Party, journalists Patrick Cohen and Thomas Legrand find themselves at the center of a controversy. After the broadcast of a video recorded without their knowledge, then edited and broadcast by the far-right media outlet L'incorrect on Friday, September 5th, the two collaborators of Radio France and France Télévisions were accused of maneuvering, with Pierre Jouvet, PS MEP in charge of electoral strategy, and Luc Broussy, president of the PS National Council, to make Rachida Dati (Les Républicains) lose the Paris municipal elections in 2026, to make Raphaël Glucksmann (Place publique) win the presidential election in 2027 and "re-paper France with wind turbines and solar panels" , according to L'Incorrect.

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