Although it concludes that
John Kerry came out ahead in the first presidential debate, the
France 3 TV channel remains pretty objective
throughout its news presentation. But then the speakerine turns to Christian Malar for (quote unquote) "analysis":
There was no knock-out in the debate, notes Malar, only points made, and Kerry made most of them. So far, so good.
But, using European journalism's usual tricks, the analysis that started on a foot of objectivity veers into (self-serving) opinions that caricature the president and, incidentally, Americans in general (emphasis ours). Malar:
- Bush repeated blindly that the war had been a good thing
- Kerry struck the spirit of the Americans…
- …[in informing them that] Bush had lied
- In the final analysis, Kerry sowed doubt in the ranks of the Republicans
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