Claudy Siar maintains call to remove CNews in Benin
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Claudy Siar responded on social media to a Franco-African woman who criticised his call to remove CNews from Canal+’s package in Benin. The presenter maintains that the French channel should not be broadcast in the country because of remarks he considers racist towards Africans, La Nouvelle Tribune reports.
Franco-Beninese presenter Claudy Siar is maintaining his call for French private channel CNews to be removed from Canal+’s package in Benin. Responding to a woman who challenged his position, he defended the distinction between the responsibilities of the French state and those of private media in a social media post.
Claudy Siar says CNews does not bother him in France, where he can choose not to watch it, but objects to the Beninese public being exposed to remarks he considers racist towards Africans. He says he would take the same position if an African channel broadcast in France regularly insulted French people and white people.
The comments come after Claudy Siar met the Beninese HAAC on 19 October. The authority regulates audiovisual media in Benin. The presenter had then announced his intention to contact Canal+ Benin about CNews being carried on its service.
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