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New fine for CNews which equated abortion to a “cause of mortality” (illustrative image)
MEDIA – It’s still a hit in the wallet. Two programs from the channel CNews were subject to fines of 100,000 and 50,000 euros due to breaches noted by Arcomthe audiovisual regulator, indicated this Thursday, November 14.
The first sanction of 100,000 euros concerns the issuance In search of spirit of February 25, 2024. In this program, abortion was described as “leading cause of death in the world”. The channel, in the hands of the ultra conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloréhad apologized in the face of the outcry caused.
Arcom recalls in its argument that “abortion cannot be presented as a cause of mortality” and therefore points to a “manifest inaccuracy” Who “was not the subject of any contradiction from the other people present on set”.
Morandini also sanctioned
The second fine of 50,000 euros is linked to the issue Morandini Live of September 28, 2023. A subject was introduced in these terms: “Parents of Muslim students put pressure on the management of a college in Pau to provide prayer rooms for students during a school trip to the Pyrenees”.
Arcom has established that the “facts in question, which turned out to be inaccurate, had not been the subject of sufficient verification and did not give rise to oratorical precautions”.
The announcement of these fines comes as C8, another channel belonging to Vincent Bolloré, plays big on Friday by contesting before the Council of State Arcom’s decision to oust it from TNT at the end of February 2025.
C8, which notably hosts TPMP (Don’t touch my post), flagship show of the controversial host Cyril Hanounalaunched a support petition at the end of last week, which has already gathered more than 600,000 signatures. C8 accumulated a fine of 7.6 million euros due to Cyril Hanouna’s slip-ups in TPMP.
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