We know it, every crisis generates its share of false news, say fake news. And the global pandemic caused by covid-19 is no exception. Earlier this month, sultry reality star Afida Turner said in the Cyril Hanouna show, renamed Tonight at baba’s, that the coronavirus was created by an obscure laboratory for reasons that are still unknown. Remarks strongly criticized by the chroniclers, in particular Matthieu Delormeau, who had castigated the ex-daughter-in-law of Tina Turner, by explaining that it was very dangerous to diffuse this kind of conspiracy theories at a prime time. Monday April 6, 2020, the controversy started again from the host's living room (confinement requires). Indeed, Cyril Hanouna broadcast a map of France live, divided into colored areas by regions, which claims to indicate the "release dates from containment". However, the presenter wanted to warn viewers of the presumed authenticity of the document, "I don't know if it's bacon or pig", he said.
A document "grotesque", according to Christophe Castaner
Interviewed Tuesday April 7, 2020 live on France 5, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner returned for C to you on the existence of such a document, which he qualified as "grotesque". "What is worrying is that it can be relayed, that it can be resumed and that some people think it is a truth " he launched. The Minister then demonstrated why the document was false. The presence of the logo of the Drac, or Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, on the latter, should have been enough to put us on the chip. "As much as the cultural subject is important, this shows that it is a fake, and that it should not even have been broadcast", declares the minister. Second, the signature at the bottom of the Ministry of Defense, noticed by our colleagues from CheckNews. The institution was replaced since 2017 by the Ministry of the Armed Forces. "Today, we must constantly fight against the spread of false rumors, false news and make sure that we rely on scientific realities" concluded Christophe Castaner, who also insisted on the importance of confinement, "the best way to beat covid-19". Caution is therefore more necessary than ever during this period.
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