[Cassanova Frankenstein]

Jerry Lewis Marathons?

[Ebenezer]

The French and CNN: birds of a feather flock together.

[cincifuerst]

As if we need one more CNN...and a French CNN at that...

gag

[trebb]

Leave it to the frogs - wait until the boat is sinking before boarding..

[dead]

Somebody should start an American version of CNN.

[LurkedLongEnough]

How do you say "Connie Chung" in French?

[AntiGuv]

You'd think they could simply persuade our own CNN to hop across the pond. Seems they'd feel more at home in Paris then they would in Atlanta..

[Eric in the Ozarks]

And, as a bonus, how about a French United Nations ?

[OpusatFR]

Why do they bother? All they have to do is feed into Al Jazeera...

[N. Theknow]

So now it's the French that are having trouble getting their message out to the people.

How Democratic.

[RayChuang88]

I'm surprised it took the French so long to finally put together a French-language satellite news network.

Given the fact that in much of central Africa the ONLY common language is French, they should have done this like way back in the late 1980's, given that France is one of the big contributors to the Intelsat satellite communications consortium. In short, France is a latecomer to the satellite news business, way behind even the BBC and al-Jazeera networks (let alone the Americans!).

[Wright is right!]

By the time they get this network up and running, the war will have been long over ...

Michael

[litany_of_lies]

"For the moment, with no round-the-clock news station, France is not able to express its antiwar position in the way that the US expresses his pro war stance on CNN."

Surely this must be coming from The Onion.

In February, German television channels ARD and ZDF gave the thumbs down to the French plans of establishing a new European CNN-like station. ARD chairman Jobst Plog said that German tax payers could not be expected to help pay for such a station.

This is why the French and Germans are eating the world's dust. EVERYTHING must be undertaken by the State, which of course means that nothing gets done, especially anything that is daring. Say what you will about Ted Turner (and I have), from a business perspective CNN was very daring in its earlier years, getting into a segment the three VHF networks should have dominated.

[gcruse]

Paris behind plans for a French CNN

Firm Grasp of the Obvious Department

From the Notebook pages of The New Republic 1995

     Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link
                Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995

     Whatever Their Motives, Moms Who Kill Kids Still Shock Us
                Holland Sentinal, date unknown.

     Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut
                The New York Times, November 22

     Larger Kangaroos Leap Farther, Researchers Find
                The Los Angeles Times, November 2

     'Light' Meals Are Lower in Fat, Calories
                Huntington Herald-Dispatch, November 30

     Alcohol Ads Promote Drinking
                The Hartford Courant, November 18

     Malls Try to Attract Shoppers
                The Baltimore Sun, October 22

     Official: Only Rain Will Cure Drought
                The Herald-News, Westpost, Massachusetts

     Teenage Girls Often Have Babies Fathered by Men
                The Sunday Oregonian, September 24

     Low Wages Said Key to Poverty
                Newsday, July 11

     Man Shoots Neighbor with Machete
                The Miami Herald, July 3

     Tomatoes Come in Big, Little, Medium Sizes
                The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 30

     Dirty-Air Cities Far Deadlier Than Clean Ones, Study Shows
                The New York Times, March 10

     Man Run Over by Freight Train Dies
                The Los Angeles Times, March 2

     Scientists See Quakes in L.A. Future
                The Oregonian, January 28

     Wachtler Tells Graduates that Life in Jail is Demeaning
                The Buffalo News, February 26

     Free Advice: Bundle Up When Out in the Cold
                Lexington Herald-Leader, January 26

     Prosecution Paints O.J. as a Wife-killer
                Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, January 25

     Economist Uses Theory to Explain Economy
                Collinsville Herald-Journal, February 8

     Bible Church's Focus is the Bible
                Saint Augustine Record, Florida, December 3, 1994

     Clinton Pledges Restraint in Use of Nuclear Weapons
                Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 6

     Discoveries: Older Blacks Have Edge in Longevity
                The Chicago Tribune, March 5

     Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear
                Journal of Commerce, April 20

     Biting Nails Can be Sign of Tenseness in a Person
                The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, New York, May 2

     Lack of Brains Hinders Research
                The Columbus Dispatch, April 16

     How We Feel About Ourselves is the Core of Self-esteem,
     Says Author Louise Hart
                Boulder, Colorado, Sunday Camera, February 5

     Fish Lurk in Streams
                Rochester, New York, Democrat & Chronicle, January 29