Did French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announce that 'calm' jihadi's would be released from prisons to make room for yellow vest protesters? No, that's not true: the story came from a Belgian satire site, it is not real. The story originated from an article published on December 8, 2018 titled "Nous allons libérer des djihadistes calmés pour faire de la place dans les prisons pour les gilets jaunes" (archived here) which opened:
Le Ministre de l'intérieur a annoncé ce matin qu'il ferait des petites pirouettes avec un renard bleu et qu'il achèterait avec plaisir des chocolatines à 15 centimes dès qu'il ferait un peu plus beau.
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"Nous allons libérer des djihadistes calmés pour faire de la place dans les prisons pour les gilets jaunes"
Le Ministre de l'intérieur a annoncé ce matin qu'il ferait des petites pirouettes avec un renard bleu et qu'il achèterait avec plaisir des chocolatines à 15 centimes dès qu'il ferait un peu plus beau. Commentaires
Le Journal Du Nord (nordpresse.be) is a satirical website that was set up to mock the (real) sudpresse.be (since renamed sudinfo.be), a Belgian media group. They were involved in a lawsuit with each other in 2017 which was eventually won by NordPresse. It is run by Vincent Flibustier who also offers media training about fake news on his website, he clearly knows what he is talking about.
They have sort of a disclaimer in their header that reads:
Toute l'information vérifiée par nos analystes simiens
Translated: "all information verified by our monkey analysts".
We wrote about nordpresse.be before, here are our most recent articles that mention the site:
- Fake News: BFMTV Did NOT Report Wearing Yellow Vests is Now Banned Until Further Notice
- Fake News: Televison NOT Reporting 23 Dead, 300 Severely Wounded at 'Gilets Jaunes' Demonstration in Paris
- Fake News: No 12 (or 123) Dead At 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests in France
- Fake News: French Army Not Getting Ready to Stop Demonstration of Yellow Vests
- Fake News: Halloween Purge in France, NO 1600 Cars Burned, NO 320 Wounded, NO 23 Dead
