Petition to ban French right-wing TV channel clears 500,000 signatures after racist killing

A petition urging a French television channel to be taken off air gained traction Monday, after accusations its far-right views contributed to the racist killing of a black man. Anger at CNews – often described as France's answer to right-wing US network Fox News – has mounted with just six months to go before the country elects a new president, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leading in the polls to replace Emmanuel Macron. The petition to shut down the channel was launched in June, but signatures spiked after a man on October 23 killed a Frenchman of Congolese origin and wounded seven others – including a child – in a racist attack in the Paris suburbs. 'Very disturbing details': Trappes shooting suspect admits targeting victims by race, religion To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 02:38 Contacts told French media he was an avid consumer of CNews, while left-wing politicians have accused such media of giving too much airtime to anti-immig...