{"id":1797,"date":"2010-10-13T00:21:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2017-10-18T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T10:35:06","slug":"learn-how-to-read-the-world-news-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/learn-how-to-read-the-world-news-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn How to Read the World News in French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you have a daily or weekly home assignment from your\u00a0cours de fran\u00e7ais<\/em> to read French newspapers or watch TV news reports of France 24<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>and\u00a0France 2<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, or simply wish to get une perspective plus large des \u00e9v\u00e9nements <\/em>mondiaux <\/em>(a wider perspective of world events), to be able to fully understand their full content by a non-native French speaker is by no means an easy task.<\/p>\n

But fort heureusement <\/em>(very fortunately), the French Blog <\/strong>is –encore une fois <\/em>(once again)!- here\u00a0to help you out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you always wanted an updated guide to<\/span> <\/strong>assist you in navigating through the world of French media, then here it is: Learn how to read and understand current events, en\u00a0fran\u00e7ais s’il vous pla\u00eet<\/em> !<\/em><\/p>\n

Just like any other places in the World, the French media have in general\u00a0their own ligne \u00e9ditoriale<\/strong> <\/em>(news policy), with some standing on la droite <\/em>(<\/span><\/strong>the right) of the political mainstream, such as the TV channel TF1<\/strong> <\/a>or the newspaper\u00a0Le Figar.<\/a> Others, such as <\/span><\/span>Le Monde <\/a><\/em>are on the center or center-right. State-run TV channels <\/span>France 2<\/a> and <\/span>France 3<\/a> as well as private\u00a0newspapers such as Lib\u00e9ration <\/a><\/em>and <\/span>l’Humanit\u00e9<\/a>,<\/span> <\/em>tend to be on <\/span>la gauche<\/em> (the left.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nThe way\u00a0this guide is meant to work is by moving from\u00a0one continent to another, and touching briefly les sujets d’actualit\u00e9 les plus importants de la semaine <\/em>(the most important news topics of the week.)<\/p>\n

1) Le continent am\u00e9ricain<\/em>:
\n<\/span>The topics that relate to les \u00c9tats-Unis<\/strong> <\/em>(the United States) in la<\/em> presse fran\u00e7aise<\/em> are very diverse: From the subject of “la crise financi\u00e8re<\/strong>” <\/em>(financial crisis<\/strong>) to the developments of la\u00a0\u00a0la mar\u00e9e noire dans le Golfe du Mexique<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico<\/strong>), to the upcoming\u00a0\u00e9lections de mi-manda <\/a><\/em><\/strong>(Midterm elections<\/strong>),\u00a0while also mentioning the latest “succ\u00e8s du box-office am\u00e9ricain”<\/em>, such as the\u00a0Facebook-movie hit\u00a0“The Social Network<\/strong><\/a>“, which, according to\u00a0Le Point<\/em><\/strong>, “\u00e9crase tout aux \u00c9tats-Unis<\/em>” (“smashes everything in the US”)…
\nWell, je ne sais pas, je ne l’ai pas vu <\/em>(I don’t know,\u00a0I didn’t see it.)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n