Comments on: Bush Buddy “Frenchie” Goes Nuts on 60 Minutes http://www.sirened.com/2007/10/bush-buddy-frenchie-goes-nuts-on-60-minutes/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:43:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.sirened.com/2007/10/bush-buddy-frenchie-goes-nuts-on-60-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Alex Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:26:09 +0000 http://www.sirened.com/bush-buddy-frenchie-goes-nuts-on-60-minutes#comment-218 Lynn, that Youtube clip wasn't the whole interview. It was condensed to only show the parts where Sarkozy got upset (the beginning and end). The questions about Cecilia were at the end and that's when he justifiably ended the interview. However, Leslie Stahl HAS to ask those questions on our media outlets. Yes, unfortunately the US is much more consumed overall as a nation with trivial gossip rather than important matters. But one downside I believe both the US and France shares is that of ethnocentrism in our cultures. It's important to appreciate your culture and protect it, but to view it as superior to others is not a correct viewpoint. Lynn, that Youtube clip wasn’t the whole interview. It was condensed to only show the parts where Sarkozy got upset (the beginning and end). The questions about Cecilia were at the end and that’s when he justifiably ended the interview. However, Leslie Stahl HAS to ask those questions on our media outlets.

Yes, unfortunately the US is much more consumed overall as a nation with trivial gossip rather than important matters. But one downside I believe both the US and France shares is that of ethnocentrism in our cultures. It’s important to appreciate your culture and protect it, but to view it as superior to others is not a correct viewpoint.

]]> By: Lynn http://www.sirened.com/2007/10/bush-buddy-frenchie-goes-nuts-on-60-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Lynn Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:22:14 +0000 http://www.sirened.com/bush-buddy-frenchie-goes-nuts-on-60-minutes#comment-285 Alex, I think Lesley Stahl was an idiot for asking about his marital status as her first question when she plainly saw that he didn't want to do the interview in the first place! If she had asked him a political question rather than a personal one, she would have had an interview with him. Like I wrote on my post, "What a Difference a Country Makes" http://www.theparistraveler.com/what-a-difference-a-country-makes/ it's clear that people in the U.S. are more concerned with gossip than important matters! Lesley should have spoken to Cécilia if she wanted the low down, the ex-First Lady seems to strive on gossip! Alex, I think Lesley Stahl was an idiot for asking about his marital status as her first question when she plainly saw that he didn’t want to do the interview in the first place! If she had asked him a political question rather than a personal one, she would have had an interview with him. Like I wrote on my post, “What a Difference a Country Makes” http://www.theparistraveler.com/what-a-difference-a-country-makes/ it’s clear that people in the U.S. are more concerned with gossip than important matters!

Lesley should have spoken to Cécilia if she wanted the low down, the ex-First Lady seems to strive on gossip!

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