Adventures in Journalism: J’accuse…!
No surprises here
Reporter Alain Hertoghe’s book accused the French press of not being objective in its coverage of the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news – web sites). His newspaper fired him.
The book, “La Guerre a Outrances” (The War of Outrages), criticizes the French reporting for continually predicting the war would end badly for the U.S.-led coalition.
“Readers can’t understand why the Americans won the war,” Hertoghe said in a telephone interview. “The French press wasn’t neutral.”
Reason has more background on France’s foreign policy misapprehensions.
“R” is for Reprehensible Reporting
The Letter of the Day is was “R”. You need to use “R” twice to accurately describe French coverage of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. PARIS – Reporter Alain Hertoghe’s book accused the French press of not being objective in its coverage of the U.S.-led war i…