Reflections are in progress to sanction or suspend the chain, many guests relate to the propaganda of the Kremlin. Concern reigns in writing.
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“Provocation comes from NATO and the Ukrainian army that put pressure on the Donbass by bombing the civilian populations,” Assess Emmanuel Leroy Thursday, February 24 to the morning on RT France. A few hours after the Russian shots, the expert, known for his positions favorable to the regime of Vladimir Putin and ex-pen of Marine Le Pen, thus gave a personal version of the attacks. On his side on the plateau, Alexis Poulin touched, accusing the United States: “Everything is done to prevent a reliable partnership with Russia,” the columnist insured.
While Europe unanimously condemns Vladimir Putin, the Elysee has eyes on RT France and Sputnik, another media in the Kremlin orbit. At the press conference in Brussels at the end of the European Council, Emmanuel Macron mentioned the necessary “protection” against, among others, the “Russian propaganda relay on European soil”. According to our information, “possible sanctions or suspensions” are part of the current reflections, even if they could not be decided in fine than by ARCOM (Ex-CSA).
The executive is not alone to worry. Senator Centrist Laurent Lafon (Val-de-Marne) asked At the ARCOM , which regulates the audiovisual, to “suspend without delay the broadcast of #Russia Today which is the official body in France of propaganda of the Russian regime”. In the stride, the ARCOM assured that it was watching “with particular vigilance to respect by the RT France chain of its legal and conventional obligations”. This warning occurred while an investigation is already in progress.
End 2021, the audiovisual regulator was seized by the collective “Media, Democracy Europe”, which complained about the cover of RT France on the Donbass. In its pallet of tools, the ARCOM could also quickly suspend the antenna, directly seizing the president of the litigation section of the State Council, a scheme inserted in the Communications Act. It is still necessary to have a solid file. RT France reacted to its outings, condemning “the political pressure on the ARCOM which goes against the legal base aimed at protecting freedom of expression”. The channel also affirms having covered the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis “in a complete way, exposing all the points of view”.
Exercise of equilibrist
Is this really the case? To keep its TV license, RT France leads a complicated equilibrist exercise, so as not to be accused of misinformation. Thursday, his journalists scrupulously relay all the information regarding Russian strikes including convictions of the international community. On the other hand, the vocabulary was scrupulously chosen: he was therefore no question of “war” or “invasion” of the Russian army. If the journalists were trying to keep a form of neutrality, the guests in the plateau did not spare their sentence to convey Kremlin rhetoric.
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