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December 30, 2003
When there is an English Translation
I am going to buy this guy's book.
PARIS - Reporter Alain Hertoghe's book accused the French press of not being objective in its coverage of the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites). His newspaper fired him. The book, "La Guerre a Outrances" (The War of Outrages), criticizes the French reporting for continually predicting the war would end badly for the U.S.-led coalition. "Readers can't understand why the Americans won the war," Hertoghe said in a telephone interview. "The French press wasn't neutral."
Read more here: Journalist Lambasts French War Coverage
Posted by Beth at December 30, 2003 6:50 PM
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I read that article the other day. The US press hasn't exactly been unbiased either, though I think their slant is generated by a desire for "drama" to give them eyeballs and therefore profits. The political slant of the French press (and the German press as well) is not a surprise to me. Both countries have a history of an "elite" telling the "herd" what to think, and the press feels it's part of that elite.
Posted by: Jack at December 30, 2003 7:17 PM