This! has to take the cake for bad faith reporting.
I use the word ‘reporting’ loosely.
I mean, we’ve had to endure years of idiotic bashing by US and Brit “journalists” about everything from our national character to our supposed personal habits to our economy. Not a s...
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We may not have a black president, but Chloé Mortaud, our newly elected Miss France, is as diverse as they come. She has an African-American mother and a white French father. She is also a dual citizen of France and the United States. Oh, and she speaks Chinese.
“I want to incarnate … ...
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Let me make a prediction: there will be something negative written about France in the U.S. media today!
Oh, and there will be a mention of the economy being in tatters, and that the French are in denial!
This New York Times article, however, wouldn’t qualify. It’s a couple of weeks old. But it...
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Couldn’t be more pleased by Obama’s selection of General James Jones to serve as the U.S. National Security Adviser. The guy grew up in France, and, at the height of the 2003 anti-French hysteria, he gave the following interview to Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey:
DICKEY: What do you...
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Posted by
Suzanne Lehn
· 3:33 pm
· Energy · Environment · Government & Politics · International Relations · Media & Internet

Amazed Parisians are still reeling after discovering billboards featuring President Sarkozy, pictured as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, after Shepard Fairey's famous poster, with the wonders working comment Yes We Can! Suzanne Lehn gives us a chronological break down of what happened and how the Yes We Can slogan became Yes We Must!
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Lova Rakotomalala
· 3:05 pm
· Madagascar · Mali
Inauguration day on January 20, 2009, shapes up to be an event to remember for many historical reasons. One of the more mundane reasons will be the invitation extended by president elect Barack Obama to the Malian duo Amadou et Mariam. Lova Rakotomalala connects the dots between music, art and American politics in this post.
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[I know, it’s like the 3rd time I’m publishing this pic. The good news: it’s likely to be the last. Happy Thanksgiving to all.]
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This video says it all, doesn’t it? [Just 61 says left…]
Related: Obama poised to rebrand America, experts say.
Excerpts:
America’s image has declined in nearly every region of the world in recent years, but Obama’s victory “enables the United States to start again wi...
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While giving lessons about racism, the US media is always telling us how intolerant we are with our immigrants. So this Transatlantic Trends report on immigration by the German Marshall Fund of the United States published this week was kind of timely. Here are some of the findings:
Q: Do you see imm...
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A recent post about David Letterman playing up some stupid stereotypes (a beret and a little mustache were superimposed on his face, presumably to make him look “French”) gave rise to a small controversy in the comments.
“Drop it, SF, this is harmless,” said some posters.
Well, for ...
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