“We want to be proud to work for BFMTV again”: Journalists denounce racist excesses

More than 200 BFMTV journalists wrote to management demanding concrete measures to counter the normalization of racist or discriminatory proposals on air. They said impartiality must not be confused with complacency and that they want to feel proud to work for the channel again. Two similar letters were also sent, one signed by 160 technicians at the RMC BFM group and another by BFMTV’s local channels; the SNJ and CGT unions expressed their support. The demands follow accusations by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and LFI, including over the channel’s invitations to Éric Zemmour, which BFMTV has strongly disputed.