Philippe Karsenty
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Philippe Karsenty | |
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| Born | 25 June 1966 (age 59) Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France |
| Occupations | Media analyst, founder of the watchdog Media-Ratings, local councilor of Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| Known for | Muhammad al Durrah conspiracy and lawsuit |
| Website | www |
Philippe Karsenty (born 25 June 1966) is a French politician and founder of Media-Ratings, a company monitoring the French media for bias.[citation needed] Karsenty came to public attention when he was sued for libel by the public French television network, France 2, over accusations of staged footage by France 2 over the killing of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Muhammad al-Durrah. The libel suit lasted a decade, with the ultimate verdict being against Karsenty and requiring him to pay damages to France 2.
Karsenty was born in Issy-les-Moulineaux to a Jewish family. When he was in his 20s, he set up a share-trading company on the Paris Bourse, and continued to work as a broker until 1997.
Career
In 1996, he set up a business consultancy, and in 2002, he ran for parliament on a center-right ticket, obtaining only 3% of the vote.[1] He was then condemned to one-year ineligibility for not deposing his campaign budget.[2] In 2008, he was elected a deputy mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine.[3]
2012 legislative election
In the 2012 French legislative election, Karsenty stood as a dissident right-wing candidate, against the candidate endorsed by Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement, in the Eighth constituency for French residents overseas (which includes French residents in Israel, as well as in Italy, Turkey, Greece and several other countries).[4] He finished third, with 14.45% of the vote, and did not advance to the run-off vote.[5] In February 2013, the Constitutional Council found irregularities in the funding of his electoral campaign and barred him from standing for public office for a period of one year.[6]
