Anne-Sophie Lapix

France Télévisions announced in May 2025 that Anne-Sophie Lapix would be replaced on '20 heures'. The bulletin had consistently been trailing TF1, and some journalists internally believed that her combative style towards politicians had generated excessive hostility.

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In October 2024, France 2's '20 heures' displayed a fake satirical France Stratégie logo in an economic report instead of the institution's official logo. The error was quickly identified.

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CDJM reviewed a France 2 '20 heures' report about Steiner schools introduced by Anne-Sophie Lapix. In its April 2023 opinion, it found several inaccuracies, a lack of fairness and fact-checking, and insufficient correction.

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In July 2023, France 2's '20 heures' used an NGO's audio analysis of the video preceding Nahel's death while superimposing subtitles corresponding to a version the NGO had not endorsed.

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Anne-Sophie Lapix was France 2's preferred choice to co-present the 2022 presidential run-off debate. Marine Le Pen publicly refused to be interviewed by her, and Emmanuel Macron's team also did not want her to participate. She was ultimately excluded.

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In April 2020, the '20 heures' presented by Anne-Sophie Lapix stated that an estimate of 1.5 million people infected with Covid-19 represented approximately 9 % of the French population, whereas the proportion was substantially lower.

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Introducing a report on money in football ahead of the 2018 World Cup, Anne-Sophie Lapix joked about 'millionaires running after a ball'. The phrase prompted widespread criticism.

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In March 2017 on 'C à vous', a discussion between Anne-Sophie Lapix and Florian Philippot about the defence budget deteriorated into a personal exchange. Lapix described one of her guest's comments as 'sexist', while Philippot accused her of arrogance and contempt.

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On 'Dimanche+' in January 2012, Anne-Sophie Lapix strongly challenged the costing of an economic measure in Marine Le Pen's programme. The exchange went viral, and the Front national candidate claimed she had been 'trapped'.

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