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November 14, 2005
France Upset With Foreign Coverage of Civil Unrest
Emma-Kate Symons, writing from Paris for The Australian, reported November 14, 2005 that:The French appear shocked that the eyes of the world are turned to their nation in crisis. They are a proud people who are more accustomed to being being admired for their country's world-class cuisine, intellectual heritage and enviable lifestyle.
The official spokesman of the centre-right Government, Jean-Francois Cope, has called a special meeting today with all international correspondents working in France.
He wants to counteract the alarming global dissemination of the view that France is in flames -- and therefore a dangerous tourist destination"Ms. Symons quotes Le Figaro newspaper as saying: "Since the beginning of the crisis, European and foreign television networks and newspapers have had the tendency to present the country as if it is in a quasi state of war."
She said, "The problem with Cope's argument is that it is the French press, political elite and commentariat who have raised the spectre of "the germs of civil war". Or, as Ivan Riouful argued in Le Figaro on Friday [November 10, 2005], the rioters are committing acts of "urban terrorism."
For more, please see "French rail at foreign 'beat-up'".
Posted by Munir Umrani at November 14, 2005 06:47 AM
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