Nicolas Sarkozy was accused of lining the pockets of his media tycoon friends and exerting a Berlusconi-style grip on the airwaves, after he announced a plan to ban advertising from public television and revolutionise French state TV along the lines of the BBC.
Sarkozy, who moves in a circle of wealthy television owners and press barons and counts "Télépresident" among his numerous nicknames, surprised even his own culture minister this week when he announced that adverts should be eliminated from France's five state TV stations in the name of a "cultural revolution in public service television" (From the Guardian.)
I would very much agree with Nicolas Sarkozy’s suggestions.
ReplyDeleteIt is the only way to have healthy TV in a civilized nation...
See the low level of programs broadcasted by Greek TV Channels…
Besides, Nicolas Sarkozy has proved to be, in a very short period, the most successful President in the history of France…
He is hardly a year the President of France and has managed to accumulate sales of French technology exceeding 50 billion Euros eventually exerting enormous influence over its buyers.
There has been no other president in France with such a record…
If he continues this way France is going to burst from energy and growth despite the expensive Euro.
How about poor Greece?
How about us, selling only thin air or even worst, buying it from our innovating neighbors...
Panagiotes Baziotopoulos
bazioto@otenet.gr