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What nation without Fox News looks like
It looks like FRANCE:
... Well, a quote in The New York Times gives us a pretty clear idea of why they were better prepared to deal with an attack on their democracy than we were when it happened to us:
France does not have an equivalent to the thriving tabloid culture in Britain or the robust right-wing broadcast media in the United States.
“We don’t have a Fox News in France,” said Johan Hufnagel, managing editor of the leftist daily Libération. “There’s no broadcaster with a wide audience and personalities who build this up and try to use it for their own agendas.”
Now, was that the only reason France didn't allow this kind of hacking to affect them? No. Their nation also has a news and campaigning blackout for 44 hours before an election, and the media respected that despite the fact that the Macron hacks were leaked right before the blackout began. But it raises an interesting question: What would our country look like without a massive right-wing media that chooses to promote "alternative facts"? Well, it would likely look like a country being led by its first female president.
France does not have an equivalent to the thriving tabloid culture in Britain or the robust right-wing broadcast media in the United States.
“We don’t have a Fox News in France,” said Johan Hufnagel, managing editor of the leftist daily Libération. “There’s no broadcaster with a wide audience and personalities who build this up and try to use it for their own agendas.”
Now, was that the only reason France didn't allow this kind of hacking to affect them? No. Their nation also has a news and campaigning blackout for 44 hours before an election, and the media respected that despite the fact that the Macron hacks were leaked right before the blackout began. But it raises an interesting question: What would our country look like without a massive right-wing media that chooses to promote "alternative facts"? Well, it would likely look like a country being led by its first female president.
http://www.gq.com/story/france-election-hacks-fox-news
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...also they get BBC and perhaps other news in English.
They probably don't pay too much attention to the British and America versions of the news though.
Just sayin'
