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Leaked Sarkozy TV footage goes viral | Newsblog | guardian.co.uk

Nicolas Sarkozy's attempts to get France's presidency of the EU off to a flying start with a carefully orchestrated television interview have been undermined since footage of him losing his cool in front of the camera became an instant internet hit.

France 3, the state TV station which broadcast Sarkozy's hour-long interview last night, said it had ordered an immediate internal investigation into the leaking of the tape, which by this afternoon had already been watched more than 440,000 times.

The footage, recorded in the minutes before the prime time interview, shows a visibly irritated Sarkozy struggling to maintain his calm as tensions between the President and state television employees erupt onto the set.

Enraged at the perceived snub by a technician who, while pinning a microphone to his shirt, appears not to have heard Sarkozy address him, the president gives in to a barely controlled outburst of anger.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 03:28:00 PM EST
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while Youtube started as a place where people could upload ridiculous dance routines and very, very bad comedy, it's starting to develop a - probably unintentional - populist political edge.

Subverting the manufactured dignity of politicians and giving candid insights into their true characters cannot be a bad thing.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 06:39:49 PM EST
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And at one point said that things would change around here - media independence is decidedly not his forte...



Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 06:43:50 PM EST
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whomever froze the clip at that screenshot is brilliant.  
by paving on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 08:49:54 PM EST
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Quick, someone airbrush his love handles!!!!111

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 at 06:36:47 AM EST
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An interesting bunch of facial tics, the most interesting being his practised smile flashed in all directions, following what he regards as a smart remark of his own. In my book this marks him out as a 'Clever Clogs'

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 at 07:14:43 AM EST
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Sarkozy's body language is always like that, even when he's drunk on "water".



When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 at 07:19:06 AM EST
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What an unnerving character...

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 at 02:33:49 AM EST
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