MediaWatch is our take on the stories big and bizarre in newspapers, on news websites, blogs and on social media. We also look at stories about how the media functions and how it’s evolving in today’s society. Presented by James Creedon, tune in at 8.45 pm Paris time for a look at the French media and 10.22 pm for the international media.
We take a look at how Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are reacting to Sandy; meanwhile, social media distort pictures and the facts - we look at some examples.
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.
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.
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.
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.