
On March 30, when French lawyer Damien Viguier bought a copy of Le Monde, one of the most widely-distributed newspapers in France, he was livid.
When he read it, he found a fake news report about masks delivered from China to France being nothing more than political propaganda to gloss over its COVID-19 cover-up, reflecting its prejudice against China.
However, just two months ago, the newspapers claimed that China exaggerated the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak, and that the lockdown in Wuhan was a violation of human rights. The lawyer condemned the newspaper for telling a bare-faced lie.
Freedom of the press in France has been seriously undermined as news media has been controlled by billionaires for decades, Damien said angrily.
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