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“It’s going to be sport”: CNews figures summoned by the National Assembly

2024-02-28T17:54:54.972Z

Highlights: Eight representatives of the Canal + group channel, including Pascal Praud and Laurence Ferrari, will have to answer questions from the National Assembly. The commission of inquiry into the allocation of TV frequencies is looking this Thursday from 11 a.m. on the case of CNews. CNews has been the subject of around twenty calls to order in recent years, says rapporteur Aymeric Caron. “We will ask ourselves why it does not respect its obligations in such a regular manner,” summarizes colleague from LFI, Aurélien Saintoul.


Eight representatives of the Canal + group channel, including Pascal Praud and Laurence Ferrari, will have to answer questions from the


Big day crowd expected at the National Assembly.

After having notably interviewed the staff of TF 1 and M 6, the commission of inquiry into the allocation of TV frequencies is looking this Thursday from 11 a.m. on the case of CNews, whose TNT channel will be brought back into play in 2025. Recently targeted by a decision by the Council of State on respect for pluralism, the Canal + group channel has also been under threat of a sanction procedure from Arcom, the audiovisual regulator, since this week. .

In question, the broadcast of a sequence presenting abortion as the leading cause of mortality in the world.

The broadcaster has since apologized.

It is in this tense context that eight of its representatives will appear before the twenty parliamentarians from all sides making up the working group, including Aymeric Caron.

“CNews has been the subject of around twenty calls to order in recent years.

We will ask ourselves why it does not respect its obligations in such a regular manner,” summarizes his colleague from LFI, Aurélien Saintoul, at the origin of the creation of this commission of inquiry, of which he is also the rapporteur.

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Source: leparis

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