'Our only bias is to the facts' Fabrice Fries, AFP Chairman, op-ed in Le Monde
Since the Hamas attack of October 7, the coverage of major international media has come under daily scrutiny.
AFP has been no exception, even if it does not produce content for the general public but for other media, its clients. In Paris, critics have come together to push the old idea that AFP actually stands for Agence France-Palestine. But the French reader might be surprised to learn that AFP gets even more criticism – and not just in the Middle East – for being an agent of Israel.