“This is an unfortunate mistake and I apologize. We will of course fix it tonight.“TF1 host Julien Arnaud apologized to Florian Philippot on Twitter this Tuesday. And for good reason. during the showAn eye to the worldOn Monday evening, he confirmed that the demonstration organized by the Patriots movement never took place and that this one was just a fabrication of the Russian media for their own purposes.propaganda“. Except that a little-publicized demonstration in France took place when bystanders (including journalists Figaro) were able to see it on Saturday afternoon. And the images broadcast on Russian television are real.
After an initial discussion about the effectiveness of economic sanctions against Russia and their mixed reactions in Europe, Julien Arnaud then accused the Russia One TV channel (owned by the Russian state and whose editorial line is in line with Kremlin propaganda) of manipulation. The TF1 / LCI presenter is engaged in the following ways:See how the Russians use these divisions to make themselves stand out. we have seen it here in Europe, but also at home in Russia. If we believe the theme that you are going to see now, we are very divided in Europe, that’s good, but also… in France, and you will be a little surprised, see.“.
On LCI, then the report of “Russia One” was broadcast with the voice translation of the editorial office of LCI;Europe is racking its brains not to freeze this winter. With energy prices already spiraling, the sense of helplessness and shock at this situation turns into protest. More and more people are realizing that this crisis could have been avoided without sanctions against Russia, and that someone has to answer for their consequences.We then see images of a demonstration in the streets of Paris. “Paris is booming, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the French capital on Saturday. The participants of the “Resistance” action protested against the policy of the authorities, which, according to them, does nothing to help the population suffer the consequences of the economic crisis. One slogan in their mouth is “Macron, resign”.»
Then Julien Arnaud takes the antenna and comments.And there you go. There was no demonstration this weekend, ha, that’s not true at all. We are right here in Russian propaganda to the Russian people.Then follows a tour from LCI with its guests, during which we hear, for example, the following remarks:We can clearly see how they distort the images, put their captions there, insist that everything is going as planned, still say so on official television.»
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Except that the pictures broadcast by Russia One are the pictures taken by the movement.”Patriots”, and/or broadcast on their social networks. This event is titledMeet the resistance.“, indeed took place on Saturday, September 3, from the Place de la Bourse at 2:00 p.m., and ended at the Place du Palais Royal, in front of the Council of State.
Reached by phone, Florian Philippot, founder and president of Les Patriotes, said a press release had been sent to a thousand journalists, including some from LCI, and claimed that “They even consulted in a press release before the rally“Noting that Patriots teams have technical tools that allow them to know when an email recipient consults a press release by clicking on a link. He also amuses himself by noting that the LCI channel has poorly translated into French the slogans broadcast by Russian television.we chanted “Macron’s impeachment”. and not “Macron should resign”.“.
Florian Philippot adds that he spoke with LCI management this Tuesday morning.they said they were sorry but didn’t really apologize“. He mentions that he seized Arcom on this topic.
Le Figaro was able to get access to the document of the declaration of the demonstration of Dominique Bours-Provence, a reporter of Paris and a member of the National Office of “Patriots” at the Prefecture of the Police of Paris.
The demonstration was not the subject of AFP press releases (it did, however, begin on the Place de la Bourse, i.e. under the windows of the French press agency). But relations between Florian Filipot’s movement and the AFP soured after a team of AFP journalists were attacked by protesters against the health pass during a march initiated by Florian Filipot in January 2022.
Images of Saturday’s rally were broadcast by TV Libertés, which regularly hosts Florian Filippotti on its antenna, as well as by Chinese media NTDTV. The key word was:No to rationing, no to war, no to social credit“. On the signs raised by the protesters, you can read such slogans as:Get out of NATO” or “Dismissal“. According to the images, the mobilization seems to reach thousands of people.
Source: Le Figaro
