That article is huge.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Have there been any other diaries about the role of cozy connections with big media in the rise of authoritarian leaders in democratic countries? (I recall a lot of discussion about Putin and the media, and of course there is Fran's Murdoch alert. Fox News is too obvious, but I don't recall any diaries on Bush's connections -- direct or indirect -- to the media.)
So perhaps there's some sense of shame at Le Monde? Some wish to fight, on the part of some of the journalists?
Even if the journalists wish to fight, isn't it the editors who ultimately make the decisions on what gets published? Bush is too stupid to be able to ACT that stupid.
to watch how his message was spattered 24/7 pre-election last year was an object lesson in orwellianism, up close.
goebbels on steroids
he almost pulled it off, too.
brrr The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.
L'amitié Bouygues-Sarkozy "ne joue en rien sur l'information", se défend TF1 Bush is too stupid to be able to ACT that stupid.
Neither will this snippet from Philippe Ridet, the embed who can't shake off Sarko's familiarity:
Cette réputation de professionnel des médias, il y tient. Il porte ses scores d'audience comme des médailles et le chiffre des ventes des journaux dont il a fait la "une" lui sont une réassurance permanente sur ses capacités de séduction. Confondant volontiers les Français avec l'Audimat, il s'est fabriqué un statut, inédit chez les politiques, de "producteur-animateur". D'abord, il crée l'actualité, ensuite, il la commente. This media pro reputation matters to [Sarko]. He wears his TV ratings like medals, and the sales of newspapers he was on the front page of are for him permanent reassurance on his powers of seduction. Willingly confounding the French with the Audimat (TV audience measurement system), he has built himself a previously unknown status among politicians, of "producer-presenter". First, he makes the news, then he comments on it.
The range and quality of these articles seems new to me. What it means in terms of editorial policy at Le Monde I have no idea for the moment. When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
