One of the biggest culture shocks I experienced after moving to France from Britain two years ago was my daily confrontation with the French media. Nothing prepared me for a media landscape that is both fragmented and overbearing, slick and yet naff, full of drama and yet utterly predictable.
Culture notes: We’re drowning in news we don’t trust
Across the US and Europe, faith in the news is falling amid a cacophony of sensationalist reporting, writes Catherine Fieschi.
The World Today
Published 31 March 2023
Updated 30 March 2023 — 3 minute READ
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