Rouen cathedral fire: misleading map recirculates about “Christianophobia” in French churches
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Following the small fire that broke out on the spire in Rouen’s famous Gothic cathedral, misleading posts have circulated fueling claims that the fire was a “religious attack.” Not only did Rouen’s authorities never indicate this, the misinformation surged after a map claiming to show “all church fires in France” went viral, originally created by an anti-Christianophobia organisation that recorded much more than just fires. Vedika Bahl explains in this episode of Truth or Fake.