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CNews (French pronunciation:[senjuz]; stylised asCNEWS, formerlyi>Télé) is a Frenchfree-to-airopinion channel[1][2][3] launched on 4 November 1999 byCanal+. It provides 24-hour national and global news coverage. It is the most watched news network in France, beforeBFM TV,LCI andFrance Info. The station is considered conservative to right-wing radical.[4][5][6][7][8]
i>Télé was renamed CNews on 27 February 2017. Since this change, it has taken aconservative editorial stance,[9][10][11] and is often compared to the American TV channelFox News.[12][8] It has been many times warned by French regulators (ARCOM) for its failure to honestly and rigorously report news to the public or for illegal and reprehensible speeches. Due to these infractions, it was fined €200,000 by the French audiovisual regulatory body in 2021.[13]
Despite the channel often violating the audiovisual laws and agreements for broadcasting on the free-to-air TV, it has so far never been really worried by the French authority of regulation.[14][15][16]
The channel is under the control of the media proprietor and business magnateVincent Bolloré, who has been accused of interfering with the editorial choices of the CNews.[17]
According to satirical and investigative mediaLe Canard Enchaîné and leftist activist group Sleeping Giants France, CNews, owned by Groupe Bolloré andVincent Bolloré, clearly supports conservative and far-right journalists, who are promoting hate speech.Éric Zemmour, in particular, was condemned on 17 September 2020 for inciting racial hatred.[19]
CNEWS is also sometimes criticised for lack of viewpoint diversity, as most of the channel's contributors espouse views of theright-wing or are affiliated with thefar-right.[20][21][22]
Given its promotion of ideas of theFrench far right, as well as for broadcasting fake news and conspiracy theories,[23][24][25][26] the channel has been described as a French version ofFox News.[27][12]
CNews was warned by the French regulatory bodyArcom in May 2022 for its failure to respect its "obligation to honesty and rigor in the presentation and treatment of the news". This warning, due to statements made byIvan Rioufol [fr], followed a record €200,000 fine levied against the channel the previous year. This fine was the result of recidivism by employeeÉric Zemmour whose statements had led to previous warnings.[13]
On 13 February 2024, after a case lodged byReporters Without Borders (RWB), theConseil d'État ordered CNews to better respect journalistic standards and diversity.[44] The February order by the Conseil d'État was followed by an intense campaign between RWB against hate speech and CNews for its freedom of speech. In July 2024, an investigation by RWB traced what it believed was the source of the disinformation campaign. This included a fake website pretending to be run by RWB hosted on a server hosting "Fan de CNews", a fansite supporting CNews. The website was run by what RWB states is adisinformation agency called Progressif Media, hosted at Bolloré's corporate groupVivendi. The main investigator, Arnaud Froger, stated that Progressif Media used "counterfeiting, concealment, cybersquatting [and] trolling" as disinformation techniques against RWB.[44]
