François Hollande à la une du Washington Post

Les journaux américains s'intéressent toujours à ce qui se passe en France et plusieurs d'entre eux se penchaient ce matin sur le "scandale" personnel impliquant le Président Hollande. Le Washington Post observe particulièrement le traitement médiatique de sa relation présumée avec Julie Gayet. La revue Closer semble utiliser une approche plus "américaine" dans cette affaire. Jusqu'où va la protection de la vie privée des hommes et des femmes politiques?

 "Closer’s stakeout appears to be unprecedented in France, where several presidents have taken mistresses, with scant interest from the media. The magazine’s tactics were not well received by either the public or other news organizations.

 “Closer broke the rules,” says Laura Haim, White House correspondent for Canal + I tele, the French TV channel. “The final frontier is the private life. You cannot touch someone’s private life.”

 The gossip magazine’s cover story linking the 59-year-old president to Julie Gayet, 41, may have actually stirred some support for the hugely unpopular Hollande, whom many blame for unemployment, high taxes and a general economic implosion.

“It’s making a mountain of a molehill,” said Peggy Sejourne, 40, who works for an insurance firm in Paris. “For me, the real problem is the devolution of the comportment of the press in its dealings with the private lives of politicians.”"

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