{"id":168719,"date":"2024-09-10T13:44:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=168719"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:44:37","slug":"france-slams-tv-stations-that-question-wefs-net-zero-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/france-slams-tv-stations-that-question-wefs-net-zero-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"France Slams TV Stations That Question WEF\u2019s \u2018Net Zero\u2019 Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has authorized the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Arcom) to begin shutting down TV networks in France that dare to question the WEF\u2019s \u2018Net Zero\u2019 agenda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-168720\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-16-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-16.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Arcom was ordered to issue a massive fine to the second largest news network in the country due to its mild criticism of the man-made global warming narrative.<\/p>\n<p><em>CNews<\/em> provides 24-hour national and global news coverage and is the second most watched news network in France, after <em>BFMTV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It was accused of allowing one of its guests to defend a controversial thesis on the human origin of climate change \u2013 without providing any rebuttal.<\/p>\n<p>Since a relaunch in 2017, the Groupe Canal+ channel has taken a conservative editorial stance. It is often compared to the American TV channel <em>Fox News<\/em> \u2013 and has been repeatedly warned by French regulators for its \u201c<em>failure to honestly and rigorously report news<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, though, the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Arcom) took one step further and fined the channel \u20ac20,000 for broadcasting controversial climate scepticism \u201c<em>without balanced reporting<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>This is the first time in France and internationally that Arcom or a regulatory authority has issued a financial sanction for a breach concerning an environmental subject<\/em>,\u201d QuotaClimat, an association that campaigns for better media coverage of ecological issues, said in response.<\/p>\n<p>Why was <em>CNews<\/em> fined for climate scepticism?<\/p>\n<p>On August 8, 2023, QuotaClimat reached out to Arcom concerning a <em>CNews <\/em>on-air feature called <em>Punchline Et\u00e9<\/em>, which was devoted to the month of July 2023 being the hottest ever recorded.<\/p>\n<p>During the programme, prominent economist Philippe Herlin shared personal climate scepticism \u2013 but was not contradicted by anybody else in the TV studio, including the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Anthropogenic global warming is a lie, a scam. Explaining to us that it is because of human beings, no, that is a conspiracy, and why does that have so much weight?<\/em>\u201d, Herlin said. \u201c<em>Because it justifies the intervention of the State in our lives, and it absolves the State from having to reduce its public spending. It is a form of totalitarianism<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His rant apparently provoked no reaction from the other people present on the set \u2013 or those behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>After investigation, Arcom found that <em>CNews<\/em>\u2019 lack of reaction was a \u201c<em>failure<\/em>\u201d to meet the obligations of the channel which \u201c<em>is required to ensure an honest presentation of controversial issues, in particular by ensuring the expression of different points of view<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The speaker was able to express a controversial thesis that was not verified by the acquired scientific data without the position he was defending being put into perspective and without a contradiction on this subject being expressed following these remarks<\/em>,\u201d Arcom added in its recent report, confirming a fine for <em>CNews<\/em> of \u20ac20,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Historique : l\u2019Arcom nous donne raison et sanctionne financi\u00e8rement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNEWS<\/a> pour climatoscepticisme sans contradiction !!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gHpdFPOMUU\">pic.twitter.com\/gHpdFPOMUU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; QuotaClimat (@QuotaClimat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuotaClimat\/status\/1811009083689873510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is unchecked climate scepticism a growing problem in French media?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>CNews<\/em>\u2019s issue comes just weeks after a warning by Arcom towards <em>Sud Radio<\/em>, a French privately owned radio station, founded in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>On May 29, 2024, the regulatory body released a report that criticised the station over an edition of its Bercoff programme broadcast during COP28 in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>During the segment, journalist and host Andr\u00e9 Bercoff conducted an interview with physicist Fran\u00e7ois Gervais. In the interview, Gervais spoke of the \u201c<em>climate scam<\/em>\u201d and said global warming \u201c<em>is a good aspect<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>At the end of the reign of Louis XIV, it was cold, there were bad harvests \u2013 and the cold kills more people surely than a little heat<\/em>,\u201d he went on, referring to the melting of the ice as a minor problem: \u201c<em>That\u2019s not what\u2019s going to swallow us up<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arcom found that the views shared \u201c<em>contradicted or minimised<\/em>\u201d the so-called \u201c<em>scientific consensus<\/em>\u201d on climate change \u201c<em>through a treatment lacking rigour and without contradiction<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It also criticised the lack of balance provided by the broadcaster and said that, if \u201c<em>climate disinformation<\/em>\u201d were to continue, <em>Sud Radio<\/em> would be exposed to a formal notice, then to a financial penalty.<\/p>\n<p>If the broadcasters who receive notifications and fines keep spreading such opinions that question the WEF\u2019s \u2018Net Zero\u2019 agenda, ultimately, they can be shut down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>yogaesoteric<br \/>\nSeptember 10, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has authorized the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Arcom) to begin shutting down TV networks in France that dare to question the WEF\u2019s \u2018Net Zero\u2019 agenda. 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