
Veronique Forge
is a freelance print and television journalist now based in London. She was previously a journalist and presenter on the TV channel Direct 8 in France.
Blog posts in total 3
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François Hollande’s media: from honeymoon to divorce in four months
For the past few weeks the newly elected French president Francois Hollande can have had no doubt that his media honeymoon is well and truly over.
French media embrace Sarkozy's Libya action
Nicolas Sarkozy has not had it this good for years. Despite his dismal personal poll ratings, more than 66% of French people approve of their president's Libya initiative, and the media are mostly behind him too. Christophe Barbier, editor of L'Express, said: "Nicolas Sarkozy will be the pres...
If you think England is upset about its World Cup squad ...
Whatever the problems of the England team and relations between the players and their manager, Fabio Capello, things are worse in France. There's a government investigation into football management. Intellectuals are losing their temper in noisy televised discussions of football. And Preside...