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Hostages' families sue TV over Paris terror attack coverage
Source: AP-Excite
PARIS (AP) — Families of the hostages of a radical gunman who killed four in a kosher supermarket are suing a French broadcaster over its live coverage of the attack, saying it put the hostages' lives in danger.
Paris prosecutor's office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said Friday that a preliminary investigation has been opened into the coverage by BFM television.
France's broadcast watchdog reprimanded BFM and several other television and radio stations for their coverage of the market hostage-taking and attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January.
FULL short story at link.
Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150403/eu--france-attacks-coverage-d084f9754f.html