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2005-02-07 Europe

France's Newest "Sophisticated" Tabloid: L'Anti-Americain

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Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-02-07 3:07:05 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "because of the ambient air â maybe what I think a lot of French people are feeling right now." .

Don't that beat all! AMBIENT AIR? I always knew they didn't use deodorant

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-07 3:13:52 PM|| 2005-02-07 3:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like a paper version of a lefty blog.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-02-07 4:25:56 PM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-02-07 4:25:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The French apparently want to develop fullblown hatred between the US and France. Despite Pres. Bush and Sec. Rice trying to repair relations between the two nations, this animosity goes much deeper than the Bush administration-it is a disdain and hatred of Americans, despite the couching of it in humorous statements, that may well push repair beyond the reach of the administration. There is an undercurrent in parts of America right now of deep antipathy for the French. So keep it up France-no doubt you'll reap huge benefits!

Posted by Jules 187 2005-02-07 4:54:37 PM|| 2005-02-07 4:54:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I smell a hoax. This paper came out a few months ago and I read about it in some of the European blogs. One or two of them went into the articles and came away with the sense that the publisher is 1) trying to make cash of excessive anti-Americanism, and 2) secretly mocking the same people who would buy such a tabloid.

The anti-Americanism here is different from the real burning anti-Americanism you see from the Euro-lefites. There is no humor in the Guardian, because they are true believers. This stuff comes with a wink from the editor, as if they were trying to discredit anti-Americanism by being so excessive and silly. Maybe I'm wrong. We shall see.

Posted by Prince Abdullah 2005-02-07 5:43:27 PM|| 2005-02-07 5:43:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 It does claim to be satirical. The question is, does the tone cover deeply held feeling, or are the writers, as His Majesty Prince Abdullah suggests, really poking fun at the French true believers?

Certainly, the whole enterprise is in bad taste. But let it not be said that the French are incapable of such things!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-07 7:43:37 PM|| 2005-02-07 7:43:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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