Quebec journalists denounce right-wing group for storming Vice Quebec newsroom
MONTREAL — Quebec’s federation of journalists is denouncing the conduct of a far-right group after a handful of people stormed the Montreal newsroom of Vice Quebec.
A half-dozen members of Atalante gained entry to the media organization’s newsroom on Wednesday afternoon in an effort to intimidate journalists.
Vice Quebec said in a story published after the attack the majority of the protesters from the staunchly anti-immigration group were sporting Fleur-de-lis masks.
It said the Quebec City-based group dumped leaflets and clown noses all over the newsroom and awarded journalist Simon Coutu a trophy for being a “garbage media.”