French TV channels apologize after airing Albanian protest images as protests in France
Photo: Washington TimesTwo French news channels apologized this weekend after they misidentified images of protests in Albania as demonstrations taking place in France. CNEWS made the mix-up first, on Saturday, while a mass march was getting underway peacefully in southern Paris. The headline on the reports says the Albanian footage was presented as protests in Paris and Lyon. Both channels backpedaled and apologized after the error. The second channel is not named in the available text.
Right-leaning coverage, represented here by the Washington Times, runs the same headline as the AP report and opens with a single sentence: two French news channels backpedaled and apologized after mislabeling Albanian protest images as French demonstrations. In the portion available, it does not name CNEWS, does not say the error came on Saturday, and does not mention the peaceful Paris march. It also quotes no officials or channel executives. Left-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. Those covering it are focused on the misidentification and the apologies. The alternative/independent report, from AP, matches the right-leaning version in wording and adds the detail that CNEWS erred first, on Saturday, as the Paris march began peacefully. With no left-leaning coverage, there is no left-versus-right difference in facts or framing to compare.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered the story; right and alternative sources share the same headline and focus on the channels' misidentification and apologies, with AP adding CNEWS and Paris details.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
AP leads with the two channels' apologies for mislabeling Albanian protest footage as French. It adds that CNEWS erred first on Saturday as a peaceful march began in southern Paris. No individual voices appear in the excerpt.
The Washington Times carries the same headline and opening sentence about the two channels backpedaling and apologizing over Albanian images mislabeled as French protests. Its excerpt omits CNEWS, the Saturday timing and the Paris march.