French TV channel CNews has been fined €100,000 for calling abortion the main “explanation for dying” on this planet.
In February, a chart utilizing figures from the World Well being Organisation was offered throughout a programme displaying that abortion constituted 52 % of deaths worldwide; 73 million abortions every year.
The French media regulatory physique (Arcom) said: “Abortion can’t be offered as a explanation for dying,” and required CNews to publicly apologise, which the information presenter did a number of days later. In November, the regulatory authority issued the hefty high-quality for the ‘offence’.
Reality, not fiction
Arcom went on to assert that aborted infants can’t be in contrast with deceased folks as a result of “in regulation they aren’t thought of as individuals”.
Abortion, the main explanation for dying on this planet, is sadly a truth, not an opinion.
Jean-Marie Le Méné, head of the pro-life Jérôme Lejeune Basis commented: “To ensure that abortion to be practised with a transparent conscience, it’s forbidden to say that abortion takes life, in any other case the keystone of the system collapses. However who believes this fiction?”
He added: “Abortion, the main explanation for dying on this planet, is sadly a truth, not an opinion.”
Open censorship
Hélène de Lauzun, the Paris correspondent for The European Conservative, wrote that this case “reveals the extent to which the talk on abortion is deadlocked in France”.
She commented that CNews “is frequently accused of violating journalistic ethics on the grounds that it defends ideological positions opposing the dominant tone.”
In conclusion, she said that “censorship is now not even masked, however is advancing overtly”.
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