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Berets for all!

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Marine Le Pen doesn't like headscarves or kippahs.... but she probably does like berets. The French far-right leader says all head wear of a religous nature should be banned in public - we look at reactions and the timing of her remarks. Also: Marine's complicated relationship with Charlie Hebdo. Finally, an extremist Amish bishop could get life in prison for hate crimes.

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
PSA workers rap their discontent
06/02/2013 - MEDIA WATCH

PSA workers rap their discontent

Aulnay-sous-Bois is a suburb of Paris where a PSA Peugeot Citron factory is to shut in 2014 with 3,000 jobs being cut. We take a look at a rap song expressing the anger of workers and local inhabitants. Also, a strange new video on the North Korean official YouTube page shows the destruction of New York City.
'Hollande l'Africain'?
04/02/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

'Hollande l'Africain'?

He's being feted as Mali's saviour - perhaps even Africa's saviour. Hyperbole? Of course... but less so in the French media than in the Malian press. Also, Parisian women are now, at last, allowed to wear trousers after an anachronistic law has finally been struck off the statute books. Finally, Richard III's body is found under a car park in Leicester, England, much to the amusement of internet users.
‘Airpocalypse’ takes over Beijing’s skies
01/02/2013 - MEDIA WATCH

‘Airpocalypse’ takes over Beijing’s skies

A French MP has called on the government to re-name the “école maternelle” saying the nomenclature is sexist. Sandrine Mazetier prefers “little” or “first” school. In China, heavy smog has prompted one man to sell cans of fresh air. And did she or didn’t she?! Beyoncé won’t say whether she lip-synched at President Obama’s inauguration … but she silences her critics with a second, a capella rendition of the national anthem.
Hacked off!
31/01/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Hacked off!

The New York Times reveals that its systems were hacked last year; the paper believes China is behind the cyber-piracy after it published an investigative article on PM Wen Jiabao's finances. In France, a website has been set up to help same-sex couples navigate their divorce... before they're even allowed to get married. And Le Spice Boy arrives in the city of lights: we see how social networks are reacting to David Beckham's signing to Paris Saint-Germain.
Coca Cola versus France Télévisions
30/01/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Coca Cola versus France Télévisions

Coca Cola is allegedly threatening to stop all advertising deals with France 2 over a documentary the state broadcaster ran earlier this month. Also, a cartoon of Benjamin Netanyahu in The Sunday Times causes anger amongst Jewish groups and prompts an apology from the Murdoch-owned paper.

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