The Radio France Group published a message on Tuesday, November 11, correcting comments made by a France Télévisions journalist about the elected mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, during an interview on Sunday with Manuel Bompard (LFI) broadcast on France Inter and the Franceinfo channel.
” During (performance)”Political Questions”, where MP Manuel Bompard was the guest, questions from Alix Bouilhaguet about Zohran Mamdani raised questions from our listeners. Radio France and France Télévisions answered them »indicated the group in messages published on X and on the event’s website.
In this message, co-signed by Radio France and France Télévisions, the two media refute and clarify several statements made by France Télévisions journalists about the new mayor of New York, elected on November 4, in particular regarding his position on Israel and Gaza.
“Actually false statement”
The two groups specifically picked up on one of the sentences uttered by Alix Bouilhaguet during the program, which referred to Mr. Mamdani: “When we asked him to condemn October 7, he often hit the nail on the head, repeating that the problem was the Israeli occupation. » In its message, Radio France indicated this“We cannot say that he was ‘on target’. We cannot say that he did not condemn October 7, because starting in 2023 he condemned “war crimes”. On October 7, 2025, he again condemned “horrific war crimes”. »
After the broadcast was broadcast live, LFI on Monday indicated that it would contact Arcom, the audiovisual regulator. “On several occasions during this interview, the journalist made false statements that were based on fact”wrote the political party in a public letter.
Responding to messages from Radio France and France Télévisions, Manuel Bompard predicted on Tuesday “France Inter and France Télévisions admit that the question asked was wrong”. But, the deputy wrote, they are “did not announce any concrete decisions in the face of this apparent disinformation.”
