A proper backpedaling.
Monday evening, CNews had to respond to the controversy which was swelling on social networks.
In question ?
An infographic broadcast this afternoon on the program
“En quest d’esprit”,
which listed the causes and figures of mortality in the world.
By comparing, on this occasion, deaths linked to abortions and those associated with cancer or tobacco.
While the comparison was vilified by several political leaders, the 24-hour news channel presented its
“apologies”
, through the voice of one of its main figures: Laurence Ferrari.
“Impossible to compare”
According to the former presenter of 8 p.m. on TF1, this data is
“incomparable”
.
“It is impossible to compare and mirror these figures
,” she said.
For her,
“it is a right guaranteed by law and it is not a question for anyone to call it into question”
.
The channel therefore apologizes
“for this error which should not have happened”
, and in particular to
“all women, (to) those in the world who fight to have the right to dispose of their bodies, and to those who lost their lives because they were unable to access abortion.”