the channel fires journalist Rachid M’Barki and files a complaint

Accused of having broadcast biased, biased and non-validated information on BFMTV following an investigation by the investigation unit of Radio France, the journalist presenter Rachid M’Barki was dismissed by the channel following the revelations of the investigation cell of Radio France, learned this Thursday franceinfo from the general manager of BFMTV Marc-Olivier Fogiel, confirming information from Parisian / Today in France.

The news channel is also filing a complaint against X for “passive corruption and breach of trust”. The investigation by Radio France’s investigation unit, with the Forbidden Stories consortium, revealed that BFM TV had broadcast information provided by an Israeli disinformation agency run by former army and secret service personnel.

Suspended since January 11

Alerted by a journalist from Radio France who was working on the vast “Story Killers” investigation coordinated by the Forbidden Stories consortium, the management of the channel opened an internal investigation and questioned Rachid M’Barki. He recognized transactions “of entry” and confessed a possible “journalistic error in judgement” which would have led him to “doing a favor to a friend”. The journalist, present on the air since the creation of BFM TV in 2005, was then suspended on January 11.