Overview

• Marine Le Pen urged the removal of France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte and advocated privatizing public media, arguing the service must be neutral and citing a roughly €4 billion annual cost.
• Ernotte, in an interview with Le Monde, said CNews should be acknowledged as a media of opinion and assume being a far‑right channel, a remark that intensified the confrontation.
• France’s audiovisual regulator Arcom has commissioned an independent study to clarify the scope of impartiality requirements for the public service and will review existing ethics tools and processes.
• France Télévisions is in turbulence, with the HR chief for news and sports, Audrey Guidez, resigning effective October 31 and the FO union urging a parliamentary inquiry into management and use of public funds.
• The dispute grew from a leaked L’Incorrect video involving journalists Thomas Legrand and Patrick Cohen; France Télévisions’ ethics panel quickly cleared Cohen, drawing internal questions as Bolloré‑owned outlets and public broadcasters trade accusations of bias.