CNews explained

CNews
Founder:Christian Dutoit
Country:France
Former Names:i>Télévision (1999–2002)
i>Télé (2002–2017)
Owner:Groupe Canal+
Picture Format:1080i HDTV
Sister Channels:Canal+
C8
CStar
Terr Serv 1:TNT
Terr Chan 1:Channel 16
Online Serv 1:Official website
Online Chan 1:Watch live

CNews (in French pronounced as /senjuz/; stylised as CNEWS, formerly i>Télé) is a French free-to-air opinion channel[1] [2] [3] launched on 4 November 1999 by Groupe Canal+. It provides 24-hour national and global news coverage. It is the second most watched news network in France, after BFM TV and before LCI and France Info.

i>Télé was renamed CNews on 27 February 2017. Since this change, it has taken a conservative editorial stance,[4] [5] [6] and is often compared to the American TV channel Fox News.[7] It has been repeatedly warned by French regulators for its failure to honestly and rigorously report news to the public. Due to these infractions, it was fined €200,000 by the French audiovisual regulatory body in 2021.[8]

The channel is under the control of the media proprietor and business magnate Vincent Bolloré, who has been accused of interfering with the editorial choices of the CNews.[9]

Viewership

According to an opinion poll conducted by IFOP, in April 2022 during the 2022 French presidential election, 40% of CNEWS's viewers voted for Marine Le Pen (26%) and Éric Zemmour (14%), 26% for Emmanuel Macron and 16% for Jean-Luc Mélenchon.[10]

Controversy

According to satirical and investigative media Le Canard Enchaîné and leftist activist group Sleeping Giants France, CNews, owned by Groupe Bolloré and Vincent Bolloré, clearly supports conservative and far-right journalists, who are promoting hate speech. Éric Zemmour, in particular, was condemned on 17 September 2020 for inciting racial hatred.[11]

CNEWS is also sometimes criticised for lack of viewpoint diversity, as most of the channel's contributors espouse views of the right-wing or are affiliated with the far-right.[12] [13] [14]

Given its promotion of ideas of the French far right, as well as for broadcasting fake news and conspiracy theories,[15] [16] [17] [18] the channel has been described as a French version of Fox News.[19] [7]

Warnings and sanctions

CNews was warned by the French regulatory body Arcom in May 2022 for its failure to respect its "obligation to honesty and rigor in the presentation and treatment of the news". This warning, due to statements made by, followed a record €200,000 fine levied against the channel the previous year. This fine was the result of recidivism by employee Éric Zemmour whose statements had led to previous warnings.

On 13 February 2024, after a case lodged by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the Conseil d'État ordered CNews to better respect journalistic standards and diversity. The February order by the Conseil d'État was followed by an intense disinformation campaign of hate speech against RWB. In July 2024, an investigation by RWB traced what it believed was the source of the disinformation campaign. This included a fake website pretending to be run by RWB hosted on a server hosting "Fan de CNews", a fansite supporting CNews. The website was run by what RWB states is a disinformation agency called Progressif Media, hosted at Bolloré's corporate group Vivendi. The main investigator, Arnaud Froger, stated that Progressif Media used "counterfeiting, concealment, cybersquatting [and] trolling" as disinformation techniques against RWB.[20]

Presenters

Politics

Economy and Stock Markets

Culture

Business and Markets

Sports

Football

Police-justice specialists

"International questions" specialist

Weather

Political editors

Regional correspondents

Former presenters

Editor

Staff

Present news anchors and analysts

Past anchors

Visual identity

Slogans

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2024-02-13 . Le Conseil d’Etat ordonne à l’Arcom de réexaminer le respect par CNews de ses obligations en matière de pluralisme . 2024-07-05 . Le Monde.fr . fr.
  2. Web site: 2024-01-31 . CNews, une chaîne d’opinion sur une fréquence publique - Stratégies . 2024-07-05 . www.strategies.fr . fr.
  3. Web site: 2024-04-03 . Des journalistes de CNews dénoncent anonymement "la fabrique quotidienne de la haine" sur la chaîne . 2024-07-05 . www.laprovence.com . fr.
  4. News: Dalton. Matthew. 2021-10-24. French Nationalist TV Host Éric Zemmour, Inspired by Trump, Surges in Polls. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-12-09. 0099-9660.
  5. News: Onishi. Norimitsu. 2021-09-14. A Fox-Style News Network Rides a Wave of Discontent in France. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-12-09. 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: Amiel. Sandrine. 2021-11-30. France election: Who is Eric Zemmour and why is he so controversial?. 2021-12-09. euronews. en.
  7. Labarre . Julien . 2024-01-16 . French Fox News? Audience-level metrics for the comparative study of news audience hyperpartisanship . Journal of Information Technology & Politics . en . 1–18 . 10.1080/19331681.2023.2300845 . 1933-1681.
  8. News: Dassonville . Aude . Le Monde . fr . 20 May 2022 . CNews mise en demeure pour manquement à l’obligation d’honnêteté et de rigueur de l’information .
  9. News: Marceau Taburet. 16 February 2022 . "Stop Bolloré": un collectif dénonce l’empire médiatique "réactionnaire" du milliardaire . Stop Bolloré: a group denounced the media empire of the billionaire as reactionary . French. Libération. 1 July 2022.
  10. Web site: Sondage : Découvrez pour qui ont voté, au 1er tour de la Présidentielle, les téléspectateurs des 2 principales chaînes infos BFM TV et CNews... On est très loin des idées reçues ! (Ifop/Marianne) Jean-Marc Morandini . 2023-10-30 . www.jeanmarcmorandini.com . fr.
  11. News: Eric Zemmour définitivement condamné pour provocation à la haine raciale . . 2019-09-20 . 2022-03-19.
  12. News: 2021-08-27 . Le CSA met en garde CNews contre " l’absence de diversité des points de vue exprimés " dans deux émissions de Pascal Praud . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2023-10-30.
  13. Web site: 2023-02-09 . La ministre de la Culture "inquiète" des "atteintes à la liberté d'expression et de création" de Vincent Bolloré . 2023-10-30 . Franceinfo . fr-FR.
  14. Web site: Menuge . Ewen . Peillon . Luc . Renard . Baptiste . CNews, chaîne "pluraliste" ? Passage au crible d’une semaine d’invités sur la chaîne d’info . 2023-10-30 . Libération . fr.
  15. Web site: valette . thierry paul . 2020-04-17 . Covid-19: Luc Montagnier dénonce une création de laboratoire . 2024-02-09 . Mediapart . fr.
  16. Web site: 2021-05-10 . CNews, première chaîne d’intox de France… avec le soutien de l’Élysée . 2024-02-09 . www.telerama.fr . fr.
  17. Web site: Mathiot . Cédric . "Face à l’info" sur CNews: Christine Kelly ou la désinformation en continu . 2024-02-09 . Libération . fr.
  18. Web site: 2023-06-14 . La France est visée par une campagne de désinformation provenant de Russie, elle s'appelle CNews ! . 2024-02-09 . France Inter . fr.
  19. Web site: Comment CNews est devenue la Fox News française. Télérama . Samuel Gontier et Richard Sénéjoux. 21 February 2021 . 20 October 2020.
  20. live. Progressif Media, an agency with a toxic reputation, hosted by Vivendi, the corporate group controlled by Bolloré, is behind the disinformation campaign against RWB.

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