People actually protest media bias in France...

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French media in referendum 'bias' row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4568819.stm

In the fraught, passionate and sometimes frenzied debate in France over the referendum on the European Constitution, the spotlight has now been turned full beam onto the role and conduct of the media.


French woman in front of EU Constitution posters. Some journalists have launched a petition for fairer coverage

The debate over the benefits and the drawbacks of the treaty has not only divided France, it has also bitterly split France's journalists over the nature of their coverage.

A group of journalists from French state TV and radio are so angered by what they see as one-sided propaganda campaign being broadcast on the airwaves on behalf of the government and the Yes campaign that they have set up an online petition, signed by more than 15,000 people since 1 May.

They presented it to President Jacques Chirac, the heads of French TV and radio and to the director of the CSA French broadcasting standards authority, Dominique Baudis.