le press
Jul 21st 2008, 8:56 am
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A difference between here and there, France and the UK is in the way the press report things. For example, I read today in Liberation that on the 14th July there were some 600 vehicles set alight in various locations in France. Imagine what the Sun/Mail would have made of that. Is this a good approach I wonder.
Jul 21st 2008, 9:13 am
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I don't read the French press as often as I should, but they do seem to underplay crime. I never see countless stories of youths being stabbed to death on a daily basis. 600 cars! Damn, I'm glad I don't own one anymore! Imagine what they'd do to an English numberplate on a public road.
Jul 21st 2008, 9:13 am
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Re: le press
A difference between here and there, France and the UK is in the way the press report things. For example, I read today in Liberation that on the 14th July there were some 600 vehicles set alight in various locations in France. Imagine what the Sun/Mail would have made of that. Is this a good approach I wonder.
Jul 22nd 2008, 11:12 am
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Talking of the press, and specifically how newspapers report stuff and who reads them, anyone remember this?
Hope the link works - first time I have done it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdMFRwztl4
Always makes me fall about ................
Andy
Hope the link works - first time I have done it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdMFRwztl4
Always makes me fall about ................
Andy
Jul 22nd 2008, 4:42 pm
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Re: le press
It seems a much more sensible approach to me. The Mail would have had us believe it was WWIII breaking out and the fault of either, immigrants, the credit crunch or Gordon Brown or even the French!!!
It just seems more responsible reporting. Read a scaremongering headline in the likes of the Mail then read the words carefully and spot the difference.
It just seems more responsible reporting. Read a scaremongering headline in the likes of the Mail then read the words carefully and spot the difference.
Jul 22nd 2008, 9:27 pm
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It seems a much more sensible approach to me. The Mail would have had us believe it was WWIII breaking out and the fault of either, immigrants, the credit crunch or Gordon Brown or even the French!!!
It just seems more responsible reporting. Read a scaremongering headline in the likes of the Mail then read the words carefully and spot the difference.
It just seems more responsible reporting. Read a scaremongering headline in the likes of the Mail then read the words carefully and spot the difference.
God I hate that paper and yet some people swear by it rather than at it. Each to their own. Should put that in pointless comments. Still the British gutter press is not something I miss. Looking at the 'top stories' in today's Mail it seems that politics etc is not really top of the agenda.
Jul 23rd 2008, 9:12 am
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I agree. With all the important issues going on at the moment, G8 summit, glaciers melting, countries where children of 6 years old have to work, dreadful wars going on, recession approaching, reposessions up 20%, etc etc etc what was a lead item on the BBC News channel last week?
"Olympic Cat Lured Out of Hiding by Plate of Chicken"
Oh boy is it "silly season" ............
I sure hope that Olympic Cat wins a gold medal in it's particular sport after all this .................
"Olympic Cat Lured Out of Hiding by Plate of Chicken"
Oh boy is it "silly season" ............
I sure hope that Olympic Cat wins a gold medal in it's particular sport after all this .................
