French news channel BFM TV has launched an investigation over content broadcast without proper editorial checks leading to suspicion of intentional meddling by a foreign country, reports POLITICO.
At least one piece of content is about Morocco, POLITICO has learned from multiple internal sources.
A dozen suspicious pieces of content have been identified, POLITICO has learned from multiple internal sources. At least one piece of content is about Morocco, with other suspicious content covering subjects ranging from Russian oligarchs to Sudan to Qatar critics.
Video clips and comments that weren't submitted through the usual validation channels were broadcast during a nightly news program, the TV channel announced Thursday after POLITICO broke the story.
The channel's management suspects this was the result of external intervention, the origin of which remains unclear.