French news channel BFMTV said on Thursday it had fired a senior TV presenter and filed a criminal complaint after media reports one of its anchors had broadcast disinformation.
Radio France and investigative website Forbidden Stories earlier this month reported that BFMTV anchor Rachid M’Barki had bypassed editorial controls to broadcast biased news segments about Russian oligarchs and foreign states including Qatar, Sudan and Cameroon.
M'Barki did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters.
