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A new study shows Facebook and Twitter are as addictive as smoking and sex. Also: how the Orange network in France plans to put an end to unlimited internet use; L'Express magazine is accused of a sexist cover this week and a Google Image search for "completely wrong" throws up a surprising result

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
Occupy Wall Street!
04/10/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

Occupy Wall Street!

MEDIAWATCH, Tues. 3/10/2011: The Occupy Wall Street movement is still growing. We take a look at the phenomenon.
Jean-Louis Borloo-ser!
03/10/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Jean-Louis Borloo-ser!

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Mon. 3/10/2011: The man billed as one of Sarkozy's gravest threats, Jean-Louis Borloo, has announced he will not run for the 2012 presidency. Borloo, Sarkozy's former environment minister, had repeatedly spoken of his desire to take on his former boss after being overlooked for the prime minister's job last year. The Nouvel Observateur magazine sums up the reaction: "Tout ça pour ça!" (All of that for nothing!)
Who is the mysterious Mr. X?
30/09/2011 - MEDIA WATCH FRANCE

Who is the mysterious Mr. X?

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Fri. 30/9/2011: Why are there so many scandals at the moment for Nicolas Sarkozy? Also, who is the mysterious Mr. X who plans to run for the presidency? Could Foreign Minister Alain Juppé still harbour desires for the top job himself? And finally, a celebrity cop is suspected of having links with organised crime.
French press sounds death knell for Sarkozy
29/09/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

French press sounds death knell for Sarkozy

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Thurs. 29/9/11: Four French newspapers and magazines headline on the end of Sarkozy's "reign" today as scandals continue to mount up for the French president and his entourage. Plus: the end of the death penalty, 30 years on and...reading Laura Baines' mind!
'Sociopathic' trader suspected of being a prankster
28/09/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

'Sociopathic' trader suspected of being a prankster

MEDIAWATCH, Tues. 27/9/2011: A BBC interview with a London-based trader drew gasps Monday when Alessio Rastani suggested he had been eagerly awaiting the onset of another major recession. Online, there was speculation that Rastani was a pranskter, since his declarations were so extreme as to border on satire.
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