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The trial of the Pope's butler begins in Rome amid "a cloak of secrecy". And in Japan, some youngsters are putting saline solution into their foreheads for that indispensable bagel-style forehead. Yuck and yikes. That's MediaWatch for this Friday, 28th September 2012.

MEDIAWATCH
By Nicholas RUSHWORTH
DSK + police + Bois de Boulogne = ?
05/12/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

DSK + police + Bois de Boulogne = ?

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Mon. 5/12/2011: Greenpeace's nuclear break-in near Paris; DSK and Bois de Boulogne-gate; a journalist gets in trouble for mocking Norwegian-born presidential candidate Eva Joly's accent, and a look at the "Germanophobia" debate in France.
Journalist makes fun of Green Party candidate Eva Joly's accent
02/12/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Journalist makes fun of Green Party candidate Eva Joly's accent

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, December 2nd. In today's show, French dailies comment on Fukushima's latest publicity stunt, a journalist makes fun of Green Party candidate Eva Joly's accent, we take a look at this year's best tweets, French talk show host Jean-Luc Delarue announces he has stomach cancer, and UMP leader Jean-François Copé stuns struggling French citizens with a lavish wedding list.
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Sarkozy keynote speeches: more style than substance?
01/12/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Sarkozy keynote speeches: more style than substance?

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Thurs. 1/12/2011: Sarkozy delivers a keynote speech on the eurozone debt crisis in Toulon. We take a look at press reaction and analysis in France.
DSK book tells his side of story
30/11/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

DSK book tells his side of story

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Wed., 30/11/2011: The media storm surrounding that fateful day in May 2011 when Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York has not abated. Now the man who could have been the next French president finally tells his side of the story in a book to come out on Thursday.
#mytramexperience: London racist rant video goes viral
29/11/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

#mytramexperience: London racist rant video goes viral

MEDIAWATCH, Tues. 29/11/2011: A racist rant on London public transport was caught on video and has gone viral. We take a look at the reaction. Also, US journalists debate how tolerant one should be of crying babies on planes.
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