For several days now, the American continent has had to face a polar storm never seen before. With winds that can blow at over 110 km/h, people in the United States and Canada sometimes have to stay indoors to avoid taking risks and being buried in the snow. Impressive images continue to be broadcast on the Web and in the media, but these can sometimes be dated as evidenced by Jacques Legros’ declaration this Monday, December 26 in the middle of JT on TF1.
The journalist opened the week and mentioned, in addition to the traditional chestnut trees on Boxing Day, the snowstorm that has been raging in the United States and Canada since last Wednesday. The death toll continues to rise and has already reached 30 dead. In addition, hundreds of thousands of Americans “celebrated” Christmas without electricity. A simple situation to understand when we discover the apocalyptic images broadcast this Monday, December 26 in the JT of Jacques Legros.
Wrong image used, apologies
The houses that are located near a body of water appear trapped in the ice, frozen, as if out of time. Streets in some states show almost no signs of life, paralyzed by snow rising several meters high on the roads. Temperature level, it is -48 ° C. However, it is indeed the North American continents that are affected and not the Arctic or the Antarctic. Apocalyptic images that should soon disappear when the situation returns to normal.
But in the meantime, the media relay videos to image the situation never seen before. However, the images used can sometimes be erroneous. This is why Jacques Legros wished to apologize during his news this Monday, December 26. “And then you know how much we, along with TF1, want to provide you with reliable information. Yesterday, by mistake, we broadcast an image of a man who opens the door of his car completely stuck in the ice which, moreover, is breeze… this image dated January 2022”he revealed before apologizing: “We are sorry for this and ask you to accept our apologies”.
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