Le Pen has sharpened her attacks on the media in recent weeks, apparently believing it plays well with supporters of her attempt to portray herself as an anti-establishment outsider -- a strategy that has helped propel her into the lead in the polls.
At a rally in the western city of Nantes on Sunday, Le Pen accused the media of "campaigning hysterically" for Emmanuel Macron, her business-friendly centrist rival for the presidency, as polls showed him enjoying an increase in support.
At the other end of the political spectrum, the Communist-backed Melenchon has set up his own YouTube channel to bypass the "traditional media".
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