I enjoyed watching the first broadcast/webcast/blog of France 24 today. It started at 20:29 Paris time which was very convenient for me in California. Apparently France 24 is the brainchild of Jacques Chirac who has been waiting for it for decades. It is a french viewpoint on the world news, in French, English and soon, in Arabic. Simultaneous broadcasts, you choose your language. They have hired a small regiment of bi, tri, quadri linguals. Today the anchor was Andrea Sanke, ex-Cnn who speaks English, German, Spanish, Italian, and apparently very little french but with a charming accent. I love to listen to her saying France 24. And, as my mother-in-law used to say, she "is pretty to look at" to boot. Next time, I'll listen to the french side. They will be on cable and satellite TV very soon.
Their address is http://france24.com/
Almost forgot, Andrea Sanke can also swear like a trooper. She had relinquished the mike to a francophone reporter who was interviewing de Villepin and Douste-Blazy, in french, of course. The interview was supposed to be translated into English but the translator was late arriving/starting, whatever. So our angelic Andrea sounded off:"son of a bitch, what am I supposed to do, where do we go now". I'm glad to report the translator/interpreter showed up and Andrea was not heard from any further.....Ah well, there are always problems on the first time of anything.
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