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Reaction to Connecticut school shooting

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We take a look at social media reaction to the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, including the tendency for media to go too far in their coverage of such tragedies. Also, social media is used to organise this Sunday's mass demonstration in favour of gay marriage in France.

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
Gerard Depardieu takes the pipi out of himself
02/09/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

Gerard Depardieu takes the pipi out of himself

MEDIA WATCH FRANCE, Fri 2/9/11: live-blogging on the UMP party's summer conference featuring a conspicuously late arrival; a news site rises from the ashes; is Burger King coming back to France or is it just a Whopper?; Gerard Depardieu turns his mile-high wee saga into an ad for his latest film.
French secret service spied on Le Monde
01/09/2011 - MediaWatch

French secret service spied on Le Monde

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Thurs. 1/9/2011: Journalism appears an increasingly risky business in France: Le Monde says it was spied on last year by the French secret service, while left-leaning news website Mediapart claims one of its journalists received a death threat for investigating a political scandal known as the "Karachi affair". Also, parking meters for prostitutes in Bonn - a German solution to a German problem?
Sarkozy accused of illegal party fundraising
31/08/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

Sarkozy accused of illegal party fundraising

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Wed. 31/8/2011: A new book alleges the French President has been involved in illegal party fundraising in the past. Did France's wealthiest woman hand over thousands of euros in cash to Sarkozy? Also, senior Socialist Party figures turn their back on Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Finally, the Culture Minister takes part in a cookery show!
Former PM says Strauss-Kahn has 'mental illness'
30/08/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

Former PM says Strauss-Kahn has 'mental illness'

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Tues. 30/8/2011: Former French PM Michel Rocard speaks his mind about Dominique Strauss-Kahn and it's not flattering! Also, was Strauss-Kahn's PR team trying to portray him in a certain light yesterday as he said his goodbyes to the IMF?
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France and Italy battle for business in Libya
26/08/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

France and Italy battle for business in Libya

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Fri. 26/8/2011: With it's infrastructure in ruins, French and Italian companies vie for contracts in the "new Libya". Also, are there Islamists in the NTC ranks? A look too at Obama's "Yes We Can" campaign and how it's inspired French Socialists.

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