French Court Tosses Out Libel Judgment Against TV Critic

A French appeals court has overturned a libel judgment against critic Philippe Karsenty, who claimed that state-run France 2 Television staged news footage allegedly showing a Palestinian boy being shot by Israeli soldiers in 2000 as he was cowering with his father. Karsenty presented photos and other evidence suggesting that the boy was not shot at all. France 2 Television had also sued three websites that posted Karsenty's analysis of the footage. Karsenty hailed the court's decision as a "victory of truth over lies. It's the victory of honesty over intellectual dishonesty. It's the victory of French justice over corporatism and the media mafia. It is time for France to recover its decency and admit that they produced, protected and covered up the biggest anti-Semitic lie of the century." The television channel said that it would appeal.

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