Cyril Hanouna finds himself once again in the viewfinder of the Superior council of audio-visual (CSA). According to our information, the regulator has just been seized about the organizer's false statements about the dates of the deconfinement set by the government.
Monday April 6 on C8, in "Tonight at Baba", the confined version of "Do not touch my post", Cyril Hanouna has in fact evoked on the air the image of a map of France listing the dates of deconfinement , region by region. " I don't know if it's a good info, but it's a spinning info so I'm giving it to you, an info that I received " he explained in the sequence, removed from the replay of the chain. "Info", he said, received by text. Problem, this document is completely false. Enough to make a mess, in the middle of a coronavirus crisis. The Directorate General of Health (DGS) has quickly denied the rumor. " It's nonsense! "Also strangled a minister interviewed by Le Parisien .
The sequence nevertheless made the buzz on social networks and boosted the audiences of the show. The proof: Tuesday, April 7, a million viewers followed "Tonight at Baba". The day before at the same time, they were around 760,000 and the previous Friday, with just under 700,000 people, the entertainment had even been doubled by the magazine "28 minutes" on Arte ...
Hanouna, of course, has recognized his blunder. " Remember that the deconfinement card is not official !!! It is not true! If I read some that say that this card is true, I call the CSA direct, "he tweeted Monday evening.
The next day, the host, however, welcomed his good audiences. " Thanks to you, we try to do the maximum every night to stay with you and we are rewarded: records on all targets yesterday for Hello Baba and tonight at Baba. We don't care about audiences at the moment but it's still a pleasure that the work of the teams pays off ”.
When questioned, the CSA recalls that one of its major missions " is to ensure compliance with ethics in the media , which implies great vigilance on respecting the principle of honesty of information. Referrals relating to this issue are treated with care and decisions are made on the basis of the principles laid down by law and conventions concluded between the CSA and the media ”.
Given the ultra-sensitive context of the current health crisis, it is a safe bet that the gendarme of the audiovisual industry is redoubling its vigilance on the issue of disinformation. By the time the regulator hears the case, its decision on the Hanouna file should take place within the next few weeks.