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An image of a French news report about hot weather in Corsica is being falsely touted online as evidence of the media exaggerating high temperatures in France.
The image is a cropped still from a broadcast weather report on CNEWS, a French-language news channel. It shows a shot of a pharmacy thermometer, where there’s a temperature reading of 32C, and is partnered with a caption from CNEWS, which reads: “Plus de 42C en Corse (in English: More than 42C in Corsica).
“Same temperature manipulation in France relating to Corsica,” said one social media user sharing the image on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Banner says 42°C, footage shows 32°C. This is a transnational coordinated psyop campaign. Now who could be behind it?” (here) (ghostarchive.org/archive/EpOBc).
The claim is also on Facebook (here).
Reuters traced the image to a weather report broadcast on CNEWS on July 18 (here). The report focuses on the temperature forecast for the entire island of Corsica that day, noting that the French national meteorological service Météo-France expected temperatures to rise above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit)…
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