He allegedly worked for the same organization that tried to sabotage the 9-N consultation in Catalonia
The presenter of the BFM TV channel had disclosed biased information in favor of Morocco, Qatar or Russia
The opaque Israeli company that tried to sabotage the 9-N independence referendum in 2014 used not only a digital army of ‘trolls’, but also real-life journalists. The revelations about the so-called Team Jorge have generated a great controversy in France by having splashed a well-known presenter of the chain BFM TVthe 24-hour information channel with the largest audience in the neighboring country.
The director of this channel suspended the veteran journalist from his duties Rashid M’Barki, 54, after learning that he had allegedly collaborated for this plot and disseminated misrepresented information about Morocco, Sudan or Russia. He found out thanks to the journalistic collective Forbidden Stories, which revealed this week the existence of this Israeli contractor unit led by Tal Hanan, a former agent of the Israeli special forces.
M’Barki worked for BFM TV – one of the four 24-hour news channels in France – since it was created in 2005. In recent years it had presented the midnight news, but since January it had mysteriously disappeared from the air. The chain had not initially given any explanation about this. As revealed by Forbidden Stories and the French media that collaborate with this platform (The world i Radio France), the reason for his suspension from work is his alleged collaboration with the Israeli disinformation company.
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Propaganda in favor of Morocco, Russia or Qatar
Propaganda in favor of Morocco, Russia or QatarFor example, he had leaked a suspiciously sycophantic television report in June about a decaffeinated business forum between Moroccan and Spanish businessmen in southern Morocco. A few months later, another document about the difficulties of the yacht sector in Monaco due to economic sanctions against Russia. He had also revealed information favorable to the authoritarian emirate of Qatar.
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Seconds The world i Radio France, these videos had reached him through the French intermediary Jean-Pierre Duthion, who collaborated with the opaque company of Tal Hanan. In exchange for each of the tendentious reports that happened on the air, they paid him 3,000 euros. “I have been entrusted with the mission of paying journalists to pass on information. I know your wages and I know who may need it,” said this intermediary to another journalist from BFM TV whom he tried to bribe. Marc-Olivier Fogiel, general manager of the chain, has assured that “there are no other accomplices” among the journalists in the workforce.
However, M’Barki has denied that he was paid to spread this content. According to him, he did it for do a favor “to an acquaintance”, referring to Duthion. The presenter has been suspended from work, although he keeps his salary, and his future employment depends on the network’s internal investigation. If these reports were confirmed, it would not only be a serious case of journalistic corruption, but also of interference by foreign powers. French intelligence services are already investigating, according to Forbidden Stories.