French outlet Mediapart upset with BJP for using their report, calls it 'fake news'
Op IndiaLeftist French media outlet Mediapart is reportedly upset with Bharatiya Janata Party for sharing their report linking OCCRP and the US government amid the ongoing row in Parliament over Adani Group and George Soros. The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which published a hit piece on the Adani Group last year, is now under the scanner over its funding from the US government agencies as per the Mediapart report. A French investigative media group, Mediapart, has revealed that OCCRP is funded by the U.S. State Department's USAID, along with other deep state figures like George Soros and the Rockefeller Foundation. In fact,… pic.twitter.com/dysNTpLbQg — BJP December 5, 2024 Reacting to it, the leftist French media organisation responded on December 7, “Mediapart firmly condemns the instrumentalisation of its recently published investigative article about OCCRP by the Bharatiya Janata Party of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in order to serve BJP’s political agenda and attack press freedom.” The statement was issued by Mediapart Director and publisher Carine Fouteau.
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