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Let's hope the french are smarter than the americans. But anyway what's the deal with this in the mainstream french media ? Are they reporting this stuff ? Mak

Let's hope the french are smarter than the americans. But anyway what's the deal with this in the mainstream french media ? Are they reporting this stuff ? Making a fuss over it ?

diggan 9y ago
No, in France they have laws that the media can't report on elections two days before they happen. More information about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_France
briandear 9y ago
They aren't allowed to: it was released too close to the media blackout deadline.
- tgb 9y ago
  Does this affect say, French social media sites?
  - simias 9y ago
    No, only TV and radio. Internet and newspaper can say what they want. A lot of misunderstanding (or downright lies) about french laws and politics in this thread, take everything with a grain of salt.
raverbashing 9y ago
Some are kinda reporting it, because of the Media "quiet" period as explained in the article
Majestic121 9y ago
What I saw about it (Macron's leak) is media saying it is probably authentic and an attack from Russia, but nothing about the actual content of the leaks. However, since it is just after a botched attempt to make believe that Macron has a bank account in the Bahamas, which was widely exposed as bs from 4chan, I don't think it will have much of an impact here.
superiorrobot7 9y ago
Yeah, sure thing. Just because a certain social group who isn't steadfast enough to vote for change ended up voting for a candidate[H.R.C] who opposed everything the Founding Fathers stood for, and enabled shutting down ultimate free speech of opposing ideas doesn't make Americans dumb. The electoral majority rejected Clinton, and elected someone who promised change.
- sundaeofshock 9y ago
  It's worth pointing out the electorate rejected Trump at even greater rate then they rejected Clinton. Indeed, Clinton did win a plurality of the popular vote. It is only because of the antiquated electoral college that we have Trump in the White House.
simias 9y ago
They talk about it but only to point out the fake news campaigns. For instance: Macron's tax evasion: itinerary of a rumor, from 4chan to the TV set: http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/04/macron-et-l-evasion-fiscale-itineraire-d-une-rumeur-de-4chan-aux-plateaux-tele_5122473_4408996.html http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/04/macron-et-l-... Macronleaks: the questions to ask after En Marche's hacking: http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/06/piratage-d-en-marche-les-questions-qui-se-posent_5123507_4408996.html http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/06/piratage-d-e... The article says that while many documents appear to be authentic, some look suspicious. At any rate after the american campain and Macron knowing full well he would be a target I really doubt he would've made such a stupid mistake. We'll see I guess. In general as far as I can tell very few people believe those leaks are genuine, whether in mainstream news media or social networks. I doubt they'll have any significant effect on the results on sunday.

Let's hope the french are smarter than the americans. But anyway what's the deal with this in the mainstream french media ? Are they reporting this stuff ? Making a fuss over it ?

diggan 9y ago

No, in France they have laws that the media can't report on elections two days before they happen. More information about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_France

briandear 9y ago

They aren't allowed to: it was released too close to the media blackout deadline.

tgb 9y ago
Does this affect say, French social media sites?
- simias 9y ago
  No, only TV and radio. Internet and newspaper can say what they want. A lot of misunderstanding (or downright lies) about french laws and politics in this thread, take everything with a grain of salt.

raverbashing 9y ago

Some are kinda reporting it, because of the Media "quiet" period as explained in the article

Majestic121 9y ago

What I saw about it (Macron's leak) is media saying it is probably authentic and an attack from Russia, but nothing about the actual content of the leaks. However, since it is just after a botched attempt to make believe that Macron has a bank account in the Bahamas, which was widely exposed as bs from 4chan, I don't think it will have much of an impact here.

superiorrobot7 9y ago

Yeah, sure thing. Just because a certain social group who isn't steadfast enough to vote for change ended up voting for a candidate[H.R.C] who opposed everything the Founding Fathers stood for, and enabled shutting down ultimate free speech of opposing ideas doesn't make Americans dumb. The electoral majority rejected Clinton, and elected someone who promised change.

sundaeofshock 9y ago
It's worth pointing out the electorate rejected Trump at even greater rate then they rejected Clinton. Indeed, Clinton did win a plurality of the popular vote. It is only because of the antiquated electoral college that we have Trump in the White House.

simias 9y ago

They talk about it but only to point out the fake news campaigns. For instance: Macron's tax evasion: itinerary of a rumor, from 4chan to the TV set: http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/04/macron-et-l-evasion-fiscale-itineraire-d-une-rumeur-de-4chan-aux-plateaux-tele_5122473_4408996.html http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/04/macron-et-l-... Macronleaks: the questions to ask after En Marche's hacking: http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/06/piratage-d-en-marche-les-questions-qui-se-posent_5123507_4408996.html http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/05/06/piratage-d-e... The article says that while many documents appear to be authentic, some look suspicious. At any rate after the american campain and Macron knowing full well he would be a target I really doubt he would've made such a stupid mistake. We'll see I guess. In general as far as I can tell very few people believe those leaks are genuine, whether in mainstream news media or social networks. I doubt they'll have any significant effect on the results on sunday.