The distribution of a sequence where two health professionals were interested in the opportunity to conduct clinical trials in Africa was a focus of controversy.
It is a sequence, broadcast on 1 April, which was widely criticized. There was a researcher of the French Institute of medical research (Inserm) and head of department of a parisian hospital, which traded on the opportunity to realize, in Africa, clinical trials on the use of vaccination of BCG to prevent infection Covid-19.
Seized by many viewers, the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel) has criticised the attitude of LCI. “After analysis of the whole of this sequence, the CSA noted that the abrupt and controversial one of the speakers had generated no response or request for explanation on the board. It was therefore felt that this sequence was indicative of a failure of the master antenna, as defined by the convention of LCI”, string info of the TF1 group, emphasized the CSA in a press release published this Tuesday.
The Council has also considered, in view of the nature and characteristics of the subject concerned, he had not been treated with sufficient rigor” and “is therefore, strongly warning the LCI against the recurrence of such acts”.
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“The media are an eminent responsibility”
This sequence had provoked strong reactions in France and international, SOS Racism, the socialist Party, in passing by the star ivorian football Didier Drogba and the deputy of the French from the Maghreb and from West Africa to Me iadb El Guerrab, who has announced to enter the court.
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In its press release, the CSA recalls that “in this time of health crisis, acute, where the questions, the need for information and the issues of social cohesion are stronger than ever, the media are an eminent responsibility”.
“It requires a vigilance of every moment in the face of significant risks of misinformation and a special rigor in the presentation and processing of information, including visual illustrations,” warns the Council.
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The statement also welcomes “the strong commitment of the whole of the audiovisual media, public and private, national and local, and editors to ensure their mission of information despite the great difficulties with which they are confronted”.
