The French branch of Reporters Without Borders claims to have fallen victim to an image-damaging campaign. Behind it is said to be a PR company that has connections to right-wing media – and to billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
A victory for the Rassemblement National (RN) in the most recent parliamentary election has been averted for the moment, but the ongoing shift to the right in France is also reflected outside of politics. Some publications have also been moving significantly to the right for some time. Now the French-based NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has spoken out and complained that it has become the victim of a disinformation campaign – not from Russia or China, but from the heart of France.