TV station chief incited race hate

PARIS - The chairman of France's private TFI television station, Patrick Lelay, and a star impersonator, Patrick Sebastien, were…

PARIS - The chairman of France's private TFI television station, Patrick Lelay, and a star impersonator, Patrick Sebastien, were convicted of incitement to racial hatred yesterday over the broadcast of a satirical sketch. In the sketch Sebastien impersonated the National Front leader, Mr Jean Marie Le Pen.

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