# France24

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/france24/

6 people recommended France24 in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a reliable, paywall-free news outlet, and useful for a wider political perspective when read with others. Critics call it propaganda, especially for the French government.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid, reliable reporting (3 comments in the sample): "does a lot of very solid work related to one of my particular areas of interest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057809)) "France24 is a reliable news channel based in France." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446919)) "it is a very underrated news outlet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057796))
- Useful alongside other outlets for perspective (2 comments in the sample): "reading them all or reading about the same subjects from these different outlets really gives you a larger political perspective" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060414)) "international news is also extremely subject to certain biases and propaganda effects" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49087194))

## What people warn about

- Seen as French government propaganda (2 comments in the sample): "a solid propaganda arm of the French government" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49058341)) "the fact that france24 is pure propaganda" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060386))

## Other news outlets people recommend

- [CNN Lite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cnn/): 25 recommend, 3 mixed, 48 criticize
- [text.npr.org](https://hackerapproved.com/p/text-npr-org/): 23 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [The Guardian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/guardian/): 18 recommend, 12 mixed, 42 criticize
- [Ars Technica](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ars-technica/): 18 recommend, 12 mixed, 55 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "France24", https://hackerapproved.com/p/france24/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.