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Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013

Investigative outlet Mediapart published alleged writings, while the RN president calls them 'falsehoods'.

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Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013

What this story says

  • Mediapart reported on alleged anti-Semitic writings by Jordan Bardella from 2013, when he was a young activist.
  • The alleged writings include statements about Jewish people dominating and stealing from other peoples, and support for Dieudonné.
  • Jordan Bardella has formally denied the accusations, calling them 'blatant falsehoods' and 'gross forgeries'.
  • Marine Le Pen defended Bardella, suggesting the allegations were a fabrication by Mediapart.

Who covered it

Left 40%(46)Centre 35%(40)Right 25%(29)

Percentages are shares of the 115 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 100 of the 215 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

61/100

Hype

41/100

215 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 29 of the 115 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Investigative outlet Mediapart reported on alleged anti-Semitic writings by Jordan Bardella dating back to 2013, when he was a young activist. The writings, reportedly from private conversations, include statements such as "The Jew must dominate the other peoples, crush them and steal them," and support for the comedian Dieudonné. Bardella, who was between 17 and 18 years old in 2013, has formally denied the accusations, calling them 'blatant falsehoods' and 'gross forgeries'.

Bardella stated that he was a minor and not an active militant in 2013, questioning the veracity of the sources. He indicated that his lawyer would initiate necessary procedures. Marine Le Pen, a presidential candidate and ally of Bardella, defended him, suggesting the allegations were a fabrication. She stated that the claims seemed so "crazy" that they could only be a fake, a smear operation of which Mediapart has the secret.

Disagreement on the nature of the writings

Mediapart reported that the writings show an "obsessive anti-Semitism". Jordan Bardella, however, described them as "blatant falsehoods" and "gross forgeries" in his response to the outlet. Marine Le Pen called the allegations "crazy" and a "smear operation".

What the coverage left out

None of the left or centre-rated reports below mention that Jordan Bardella had been officially invited by the Israeli government in March 2025 to a conference on combating anti-Semitism, as reported by 20 Minutes.

Tags:#JordanBardella#Mediapart#Antisemitism#Politics#France

Coverage settled. We checked this 17 times and stopped on 4 Oct 2026, 03:00. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

46 rated outlets

  • All twelve left‑rated outlets reported that the investigative site Mediapart said Jordan Bardella authored anti‑semitic messages in 2013 and that Bardella rejected the claim, describing the allegations as false. Eleven of the outlets provided only a digest summarising this core claim, while one outlet published a full article.
  • The 20 Minutes report added that Bardella posted a denial on X, said he had instructed his lawyer to pursue legal action, and that Marine Le Pen said she had not read the Mediapart piece and dismissed it as a fabrication. It also noted excerpts from the alleged private messages, his alleged support for Dieudonné, and referenced the RN’s broader “dédiabolisation” strategy.
  • The digests omitted the private‑message excerpts, Le Pen’s comments, the legal‑action detail, and the discussion of the RN’s rebranding effort, all of which appear only in the full 20 Minutes article. None of the left‑rated digests reported any response from Mediapart beyond the initial allegation.

Centre

40 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on Mediapart's revelation of alleged anti-Semitic writings by Jordan Bardella from 2013. They presented Bardella's formal denial of the accusations, quoting his description of them as "false rudeness" or "blatant falsehoods". These reports also included Marine Le Pen's reaction, describing the allegations as "crazy" and a potential fabrication.

Right

29 rated outlets

  • Right-rated outlets reported that Jordan Bardella denied allegations of anti-Semitic remarks. The Straits Times stated Bardella called the claims "crude fabrications". Observador reported Bardella denied "brainless lies".
  • Le Figaro and Frankfurter Allgemeine noted the allegations stemmed from private messages and chats from 2013. Le Figaro said Mediapart claimed to have authenticated the statements, made when Bardella was a National Front member.
  • Observador reported Bardella claimed Jews want to "build new world order" and "dominate and steal other peoples". Frankfurter Allgemeine said the party leader spoke of manipulation. Le Pen came out in defence of Bardella, according to Observador.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013?
Of the 115 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 40% are rated left, 35% are rated centre, 25% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 215. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013 left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 115 rated outlets on this story, 40% are rated left, 35% are rated centre, 25% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013 biased?
Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013 is one event reported by 215 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Bardella Denies Allegations of Anti-Semitic Writings from 2013?
215 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What are the allegations against Jordan Bardella?
Investigative outlet Mediapart reported on alleged anti-Semitic writings by Jordan Bardella from 2013, when he was a young activist. The writings reportedly include statements about Jewish people dominating and stealing from other peoples, and support for Dieudonné.
How has Jordan Bardella responded to the allegations?
Jordan Bardella has formally denied the accusations, calling them 'blatant falsehoods' and 'gross forgeries'. He stated he was a minor at the time and questioned the veracity of the sources, indicating legal action.
What was Marine Le Pen's reaction to the allegations?
Marine Le Pen defended Jordan Bardella, suggesting the allegations were a fabrication by Mediapart. She described the claims as "crazy" and a "smear operation", stating they could only be a fake.

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