Petition Calls for French TV Channel CNews to Close
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More than 600,000 people have signed a petition in France.
The petition asks the government to close a TV channel called CNews.
The people who wrote the petition say CNews shares false information.
They also say CNews shares propaganda.
They think CNews should not use a public channel.
In France, a public channel is a special kind of TV space from the state.
The petition passed 500,000 signatures first.
This number is important for French law.
It can open the door to a debate in the National Assembly.
The National Assembly is the French parliament.
It is where French politicians make laws.
Many people are now watching what happens next.
CNews is a popular news channel in France.
Some people like it, but others do not trust it.
The petition shows strong public interest in this topic.
Vocabulary15 words
- petition
- a paper or website where people sign to ask for something
- propaganda
- information that is not true, used to control what people think
- channel
- a TV station that shows programs
- debate
- a formal talk where people share different ideas
- National Assembly
- the main group of politicians who make laws in France
- disinformation
- false information shared to trick people
- signatures
- names people write to show they agree
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- public
- for everyone, not private
- state
- the government of a country
- parliament
- the group that makes a country's laws
- news
- information about what is happening now
- France
- a country in Europe
- politicians
- people who work in government
- law
- a rule made by the government
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1. More than 600,000 2. To close CNews 3. A possible debate in the National Assembly
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More than 600,000 people have signed a _____ in France.
The petition asks the _____ to close a TV channel called CNews.
The people who wrote the petition say CNews shares _____ information.
They also say CNews shares _____.
They think CNews should not use a public _____.
The petition passed 500,000 _____ first.
This number is important for French _____.
It can open the door to a _____ in the National Assembly.
The National Assembly is the French _____.
Many people are now watching what happens next.
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