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DSK's comeback interview: repentant, or ham actor?

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Monday's French papers only have eyes for one man - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after his ratings-busting TV interview last night. They don't all seem to have watched the same interview though - some praise his honesty, while others denounce it as ham acting.

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS

Le Figaro has plenty of time for Mr Strauss-Kahn's televised semi-apology, even saying that if you don't sympathise with him, you must have a heart of stone.

Liberation is a little more neutral - saying that much of the interview looked scripted and insincere.

L'Express asks its journalists to rate his performance out of 20 - and the marks vary from 8 to 17.

Meanwhile, Le Nouvel Observateur polls the views of those who have become actors in this drama, from Jack Lang to Tristane Banon's mother - who, unsurprisingly, hardly seem to have watched the same interview either.

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Shocking

by Anonyme - 19/09/2011 - 14:55

Most biased piece of journalism I have ever seen. You must be in the pockets of the hard right.

Is DSK a good actor ?

by Anonyme - 19/09/2011 - 11:23

The answer is no but then if his PR had let him play with all his neurons -which atm have gone back up from his crotch to his brain-, if she had let him be more aggressive albeit repentant then he would have convinced. But what he said was so obviously bad lines that even he couldn't find it convincing.
Incidentally Le Figaro is outrageously right wing so their article was very likely sarcastic.

why lie about French reaction to DSK?

by Anonyme - 19/09/2011 - 10:57

this Press review by Elena 24 is completely wrong, untrue and this is an awfully unfair portrait of french people. Although it is not surprising at all that some Bristish crap jornalists would turn it that way

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