Paris mayor threatens to sue Fox News, faces uphill fight


Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo speaks during a news conference at Paris city hall, November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

(Reuters) - The mayor of Paris on Tuesday said she intended to sue Rupert Murdoch's Fox News over insults she said the U.S. cable television network hurled at the French capital following this month's massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Paris planned legal action because the city's honour was "prejudiced" by Fox reports that wrongly suggested areas of the city were "no-go zones" that were closed to non-Muslims.

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