The Paris city council voted to green-light a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to hold Fox News responsible for incorrectly reporting that there are “no-go zones” in Paris where non-Muslims are unwelcome and sharia law holds sway.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, the main proponent of the lawsuit, said the “honor of Paris” was at stake. “I’ve received a lot of encouragements from Americans to try to make this kind of nonsense stop,” Hidalgo was quoted in the French press as saying Thursday. “I don’t accept insults to our city and its inhabitants.”
The vote in favor of the lawsuit was not unanimous. One Paris councilman said that it would “not serve any purpose to pursue a defamation case against a veritable bloopers factory” such as Fox, and the “no-go zone” insult was not the first and would not be the last.
Another council member said Hidalgo should seek understanding and offer to treat the Fox journalists to a stay in Paris and show them around.
“I personally don’t think it’s funny,” Hidalgo replied, “and I’m not going to hit the bars with Fox News journalists, even the nicest [journalists].” Full story...
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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, the main proponent of the lawsuit, said the “honor of Paris” was at stake. “I’ve received a lot of encouragements from Americans to try to make this kind of nonsense stop,” Hidalgo was quoted in the French press as saying Thursday. “I don’t accept insults to our city and its inhabitants.”
The vote in favor of the lawsuit was not unanimous. One Paris councilman said that it would “not serve any purpose to pursue a defamation case against a veritable bloopers factory” such as Fox, and the “no-go zone” insult was not the first and would not be the last.
Another council member said Hidalgo should seek understanding and offer to treat the Fox journalists to a stay in Paris and show them around.
“I personally don’t think it’s funny,” Hidalgo replied, “and I’m not going to hit the bars with Fox News journalists, even the nicest [journalists].” Full story...
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