Morrissey has shared a statement about the Wednesday, May 3 French presidential debate. In a post on his keyboardist Gustavo Manzur’s Facebook page, he writes, “Last night [far-right National Front candidate] Marine Le Pen easily won the French Election debate. Today both the BBC and CNN say [Emmanuel] Macron won the debate.” Morrissey continues, “This is precisely the reason why mainstream news media outlets cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Their private agendas are more important than facts, reality, or their duty to the people.” See the post below. Manzur did not immediately respond to Pitchfork’s request for comment. Update (05/08 2:35 p.m.): Manzur has deleted his initial Facebook post following a subsequent statement.

In June 2016, Morrissey criticized both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. He wrote at the time, “a sad day looms in November—a day that only Bernie Sanders could have saved.” Later, in October, he spoke about Brexit. “As for Brexit, the result was magnificent, but it is not accepted by the BBC or Sky News because they object to a public that cannot be hypnotised by BBC or Sky nonsense,” he said.