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MEDIAWATCH, Tues. 20/09/2011. What is "Scarlettjohanssoning"? Well, apparently it involves taking a picture of your rear end and posting it online - stay tuned to the end to find out more! Also, Berlusconi's latest shocking declarations and a very enthusiastic Italian football commentator!

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
A year in negative front pages for Hollande
06/05/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

A year in negative front pages for Hollande

We take a look at some of the negative coverage François Hollande has had on magazine covers and on the front pages of newspapers. However, Nicolas Sarkozy did suffer a similar degree of criticism, even if the nature of that criticism was very different - instead of being cast as too 'weak', Hollande's predecessor was seen as omnipresent, or the "Omni-President".
World Press Freedom Day: the lowlights
03/05/2013 - MEDIA WATCH FRANCE

World Press Freedom Day: the lowlights

It's World Press Freedom Day and amongst those criticised by Reporters Without Borders, Freedom House and other organisations are Vladimir Putin for being a "control freak" and the Turkmen President for a media blackout over his horse riding accident.
Claude Guéant thrown to the sharks
03/05/2013 - MEDIA WATCH

Claude Guéant thrown to the sharks

Three former cabinet colleagues have all but thrown Claude Guéant to the sharks this week, distancing themselves from his explanations for suspicious cash payments while he was Interior Minister. Also, why didn't Guéant seek an exportation certificate for the two Dutch paintings he claims to have sold overseas?
#MayDay
01/05/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

#MayDay

There are lots of tweets and twitpics online on the occasion of May Day ... Also, the headquarters of the French Communist Party are being used for Dior ads and movie sets - a sign of the times? Finally, the new Italian premier impresses with his fluent French at a joint press conference in Paris with François Hollande.
Two very expensive Dutch paintings
30/04/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Two very expensive Dutch paintings

Claude Guéant, a former French interior minister, is in a spot of bother as he tries to justify the transfer of €500,000 to his account in 2008. His accusers say it was part of the illegal financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Claude Guéant says it was due to the sale of two 17th century Dutch paintings. Also, the Syrian Electronic Army - pro-Assad hackers - target The Guardian, this one week after hacking AP's Twitter account.

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