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Yes, but interesting that France 3, the regional public channel, should be running such spin - and now showing a police series, no further comment, move along.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 04:03:11 PM EST
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Well, to be fair, they have been discussing it now for some time (just before 11pm) at a time when there been a bit of time for participants to absorb the news , and on their site they say:


21 régions métropolitaines sur 22 à gauche

La gauche maintient ses positions au 2e tour mais rate le grand chelem, l'Alsace restant à droite

En métropole, la gauche gagne la Corse mais la droite reste majoritaire en Alsace, alors que l'abstention (49%) a reculé de plus de 4 points par rapport au 1er tour. En outre-mer, la Réunion est passée à droite face à une gauche divisée.

Avec un score d'environ 54% des voix au plan national, la gauche réalise un score historiquement haut."

http://info.france3.fr/elections/regionales-2010/21-regions-metropolitaines-sur-22-a-gauche-61986154 .html

 

"the left has achieved a historically high score".

 

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 06:05:22 PM EST
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They were quite capable of saying that at 20:00, when most people tune in to get the estimates - yet they didn't.

And that the "regional" channel on public television should air a crime series rather than continue delivering the results (or estimates), speaks volumes (even if they came back to the subject later).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 22nd, 2010 at 10:58:28 AM EST
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