As you say, the media don't count any of this as the least false note in Sarko's campaign. There are no false notes in Sarko's campaign.
It may be that those of us who have been paying attention to American media are better equipped to see what's going on in Europe. It's actually pretty disturbing, and I wonder how much power alternative media really have. We have suggested before that DKos thrived in the vacuum left by the MSM. I want to hope that in Europe we can draw from the American experience and make a difference. "It's the statue, man, The Statue."
Those media all have their problems, but it seems they don't have any real influence... There is no real vacuum to be filled by websites, as alternatives are already available. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
And TF1, the first channel is private and unashamedly on the right. Its owner is Bouygues, the construction group that thrives on public contracts, and its boss, Martin Bouygues, is an old personal friend of Sarkozy.
And its journalists/stars (they spend more time in the "people" section of magazines" than working, it seems sometimes) are more interested in protecting their cozy relationships with those in power and with money. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
However, for the 2005 Constitution referendum, they were able to counter the yes campaign. But it seems the MSM is campaigning much more strongly against Segolène than for the constitution. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
At least in America with its importance of money, fundraising has a chance of making changes - but there is no such mechanism in France that grassroots could leverage. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
And that can also federate the roots and give them a fresh impulse.
