French TV Channels Scramble to Apologize After Airing Albanian Protests as Paris and Lyon
- On Saturday, French news channels CNEWS and franceinfo apologized after misidentifying footage of protests in Albania as demonstrations in Paris and Lyon during nationwide protests over school funding and living costs.
- CNEWS presenter Olivier Benkemoun explained the mislabeling as 'a confusion of images' caused by the newsroom receiving video feeds from multiple locations and misidentifying scenes from Tirana as the 'Porte d'Italie .'
- The Associated Press verified the images originated at Rruga e Durrësit in central Tirana, not Paris, while a commentator had alleged the individuals were 'behaving like future vandals, like future rioters.'
- Far-Left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon called the coverage 'Pathetic' on social media, joining critics who savaged the broadcaster's mistake during nearly 300 nationwide demonstrations across France.
- Police made 1,314 arrests on Sunday following scattered violence across cities and towns, as masked protesters clashed with officers wielding tear gas and water cannons, the Interior Ministry reported.
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During the demonstration on Saturday 24 October, a police GM2L grenade exploded next to two men, according to several videos that "Le Monde" verified. One of them was seriously injured in his hand.
Two French television stations, CNEWS and Franceinfo, have apologized after broadcasting footage of protests in Tirana, mistakenly presenting them as demonstrations in Paris and Lyon. The error occurred on Saturday, October 24, while reporting on protests in France against the high cost of living and problems with education funding. CNEWS broadcast footage of masked protesters on a street in Tirana, identifying them as participants in the demons…
Claim: These images show the mobilization of military forces to suppress student protests in Albania Verdict: Lack of context ——————————————————————- While student protests in Albania have been ongoing since October 13, a video is circulating in some foreign media, but also on Albanian-speaking social networks, that allegedly shows the mobilization of military forces to suppress the protest. […]
Two French Channels Mistakenly Released Footage of Protests in Albania over Demonstrations in France
Errors on the air on October 24 were attributed to CNEWS and Franceinfo.
Telekanals showed images of protests in the Albanian capital Tirana as events in Paris and Lyon, both of which later apologized to the audience.
The Public Prosecutor's Office reported that it had opened a preliminary investigation after a video showing a man carrying a weapon in front of the brand Carrefour City, Cours Jean-Jaurès in Grenoble, on the afternoon of Saturday, 24 October, at the passage of the demonstrators.
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