{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/68ff6ce5b0f505e32afca1e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Brigitte Macron vs the conspiracy theorists","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1761569906622-a8a589ff-4a3b-4442-ab65-f0d94f17d11b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Eight years ago, French bloggers began to claim the President’s wife, Brigitte Macron, was born a man. As the false allegations spread internationally, the Macrons decided to take legal action. Yesterday, ten people appeared in a Paris court charged with cyberbullying and in the US, the right wing influencer Candace Owens faces a defamation suit. So where did this come from? And in a world of fake news, is there value in fighting for the truth?</p><p><br></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today:</em><a href=\"http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Charles Bremner, Paris contributor, The Times.</p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Producer: </strong>Olivia Case and Micalea Arneson.</p><p><strong>Clips:&nbsp;</strong>De de / YouTube, NBC, CNN, France24, Engineering Science, Theo Von Clips, Candace Owens / YouTube, Daily Wire Plus, BFMTV.</p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Getty Images.</p><p><strong>Get in touch: </strong>thestory@thetimes.com&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Times"}