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A 6 page research paper that compares and contrasts French and British newspaper reporting. The writer argues that French newspapers are moving toward more investigative reporting, while British journalists, according to Pilger (1996b) appear to be moving away from investigative journalism. While French papers continue to assume that their readers are intelligent and cognizant of current events, British newspapers, particularly those owned by Rupert Murdoch, are accused of "dumbing down" their content to fit the lowest possible common denominator of public interest. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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British journalists, according to Pilger (1996b) appear to be moving away from investigative journalism. While French papers continue to assume that their readers are intelligent and cognizant of current events,
British newspapers, particularly those owned by Rupert Murdoch, are accused of "dumbing down" their content to fit the lowest possible common denominator of public interest. The following examination compares and
contrasts the trends in both French and British journalism. Over the last twenty years, French journalists have endeavored to establish a professional and ethical culture in which "news serves
as an end in itself," and not simply as a pretext for commentary defending a particular political ideology (Thogmartin, 1998, p. 265). There are French journalists who are no longer
content, as they have been in the past, to rely on facts provided by government press releases, but rather seek out the news in a more aggressive manner. This trend
toward more investigative journalism does not occur in every newspaper, or even during every political crisis, but it does occur more often than it has in the past (Thogmartin, 1998).
Nevertheless, suspicions still exist regarding the independence of the French press. Some critics maintain that the French press sacrificed its independence in return for state subsidies (Thogmartin, 1998). In general,
French journalists are less aggressive than their American counterparts. They tend to listen quietly and not contradict politicians (Thogmartin, 1998). However, according to a 1989 poll, French journalists were more
likely to approve of "badgering reluctant sources" (82 percent), than their counterparts in Great Britain (72 percent) (Thogmartin, 1998, p. 267). In France, a top-rated journalist is not likely
to be a reporter, in the American sense of the word, but rather is similar to what Americans would refer to as a political commentator. (The student researching this topic
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