This Thursday evening, C8 had planned an evening on fake news and other conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Balance your post! special was to be presented by Cyril Hanouna after the broadcast of a documentary. However, everything has been deprogrammed.
“I called [C8 managing director] Franck Appietto and told him that in the current context (…) I don't feel like doing a show on conspiracy theories. (…) I want to have interesting debate, or entertainment, ”announced the host in Touche pas à mon poste on Wednesday. In the process, the chain also canceled the broadcast of the documentary, revealing that it was "not finalized".
As exchanged with C8 from 5 p.m., @Cyrilhanouna does not wish to present this special #BTP because of the context that the country is going through. As the bonus documentary is not yet finalized, tomorrow's evening is canceled and the documentary will be scheduled later. https://t.co/kNGMf1LbFX
- C8 (@ C8TV) April 8, 2020Entitled Coronavirus: crazy conspiracy theories , this documentary claimed, according to a press release, "to detail and decrypt the most popular theories" and to analyze "their effects on the population and their degree of dangerousness."
False deconfinement card
Several personalities were to intervene. Among them, Professor François Bricaire, infectiologist and member of the National Academy of Medicine, but also more unexpected profiles with regard to the subject: the politician Nicolas Dupont-Aignan or Pierre-Jean Chalençon, collector of objects related to Napoleon. The press release also announced the participation of Jim Le Réveilleur, presented as "internet user adept at conspiracy theories".
Monday evening, in Touche pas à mon poste , Cyril Hanouna mentioned a deconfinement map of France, counting on a gradual lifting, depending on the region, of containment measures. This card was actually a fake document. As Le Figaro revealed on Wednesday, the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) has been seized and will make its decision in the coming weeks. Neither C8 nor Cyril Hanouna wanted to risk adding a euro to the fake news jukebox.
This Thursday evening, C8 will therefore broadcast at 9:15 p.m. La grosse joke, presented by Cyril Hanouna, then, at 11:15 p.m., the documentary Christian Quesada: new revelations about the fallen champion .
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