A surreal sequence. Sunday 25 February, when the program “ In search of the spirit ” ON CNEWS AND Europe 1, in collaboration with Catholic France, abortion was presented as the leading cause of death in the world, ahead of cancer and tobacco. An attack on our rights in prime time.
Dangerous misinformation
The channel then took data from the Worldometer website, which counted 73 million abortions worldwide in 2022, and diverted it for disinformation purposes, claiming that this figure corresponds to “ 52% of deaths “.
However, as activist and author Rose Lamy immediately pointed out, behind the very popular account @preparez_vous_pour_la_bagarre, presenting abortion as a death goes against its scientific definition and against French and European legislation on IVG abortion.
After the program was broadcast, the LFI parliamentary group declared that it understood ” right away ” the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communications (Arcom)
“Please remember that in France the crime of obstructing abortion is criminally punishable » underlined the LFI deputy Mathilde Panot on X (formerly Twitter), calling for the constitutionalization of the right to abortion.
Even at the highest levels of government the reactions were not long in coming: “These comments are scandalous. More than ever, the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution desired by Emmanuel Macron represents an essential step forward”said Frédéric Valletoux, Minister delegate for Health.
On Monday 26 February, the channel ended up apologizing via its presenter Laurence Ferrari: “The CNews channel apologizes to its viewers for this error which should not have occurred ” AND “to all women” he declared at the beginning of his show “ The punchline “.
The infographic distributed was the subject of several referrals to Arcom. It remains to be seen the nature of the sanction which, we hope, will be reserved for this channel and its dangerous anti-abortion propaganda.
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Source: Madmoizelle
Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
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