Sunday, December 30, 2018

WaTimes: 'Yellow vests' target French media - some chanting “Journalists - Collaborationists!”



Demonstrators wearing their yellow vests brandish a French flag during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018.  The yellow vest movement held several peaceful demonstrations in cities and towns around France, including about 1,500 people who marched through Marseille. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)


PARIS — Yellow vest protesters marched on the headquarters of leading French broadcasters Saturday, as small groups turned out in Paris and around France despite waning momentum for their movement.
Hundreds of demonstrators - some chanting “Journalists - Collaborationists!” - gathered at the central offices of television network BFM and state-run France Televisions. Some protesters hurled stones and other objects during scattered skirmishes with riot police firing tear gas. ...