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Le Canard enchaîné is a satirical newspaper published weekly in France, founded in 1915, featuring investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the French government, the French political world and the French business world, as well as a large number of jokes and humoristic cartoons. It has a circulation of 446,000. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ...
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The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...
1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Investigative journalism is a branch of journalism that usually concentrates on a very specific topic, and typically requires a lot of work to yield results. ...
Presentation
Its name itself is a reference to a newspaper L'homme libre ("The Free Man") which was forced to close by government censorship; Le Canard enchaîné means "The chained duck", but canard (duck) is also French slang for "newspaper" (in contemporary French usage, contrary to English usage, canard does not have the meaning of hoax). A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. ...
The Canard is known for its independence; it does not publish any advertisements and its owners are not tied to any political or economic group.
The Canard is notable because of its focus on scandals in the governmental and business circles of France, though it does cover other countries as well. In the past, major French newspapers were reluctant to challenge government corruption, or pursue embarrassing scandals, unlike the Canard, though this tendency has now diminished. It publishes "insider knowledge" on politicians and "leaks" from administration officials, along with satirical cartoons and jokes. The Canard is in general well informed on what goes on within the French political world, whereas its international coverage is spotty and relies mostly on leaks from French government services and reports from the other media. This article discusses political groups and tendencies in France; for information on the political and administrative structures of France, see Government of France. ...
Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ...
A cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. ...
A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. ...
The Canard also reports on topics affecting the general population: scandals in industries (workforce, safety issues), miscarriages of justice, bad behavior of public administrations and services... An industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the movie industry, the automobile industry, or the cattle industry. It is also used specifically to refer to an area of economic production focused on manufacturing which involves large amounts of upfront...
The workforce is the labour pool in employment. ...
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Justice is a concept involving the fair, moral, and impartial treatment of all persons, especially in law. ...
The Canard has a left-wing political bias, but is known for publishing incriminating stories and criticizing all political parties with no preference. It is also fairly anti-clerical. Anti-clericalism is a movement that opposes religious interference into public and political life and more generally the encroachment of religion in the citizens lives. ...
As of 2004's, the head editors of the Canard are Claude Angeli and Erik Emptaz. The Canard's cartoonists include: 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Canard has a fixed 8 page layout. In addition to information and editorials, the Canard publishes some novel, theater and movie criticism, as well as series of jokes.
Scandals
The "Plumbers' affair" On December 3, 1973, policemen of the Directorate of Territorial Security, disguised as plumbers, were caught trying to install a spy microphone in the directorial office of Le Canard. The resulting scandal forced Interior Minister Raymond Marcellin to leave the government, though it is said that Marcellin was somehow of a scapegoat for a decision that was taken on behalf of other members of the government, especially the Defense Minister, who was intent on knowing who was an informer for the newspaper. MPD officers man a police-line in the District of Columbia A car of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, England Police forces are government organisations ostensibly charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. ...
The Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST; Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) is a directorate of the French National Police operating as a domestic intelligence agency. ...
For a colloquial American use, see White House Plumbers; in London, see Worshipful Company of Plumbers A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in installing and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, potable (drinking) water or industrial process plant piping. ...
This page is a list of French interior ministers. ...
Categories: People stubs | 1914 births | 2004 deaths | French politicians | Nonagenarians ...
The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. ...
Famous investigations - The Canard fought to bring to light evidence of alleged corruption during President Jacques Chirac's tenure as mayor of Paris. (see: Chirac's role in Parisian corruption scandals)
- The Canard made efforts to uncover the Nazi past of former Paris chief of police Maurice Papon.
- The revealations of the Canard on Finance Minister Hervé Gaymard's lavish state-funded apartment led to his resignation in 2005.
Jacques (René) Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. ...
In the 1980s and 1990s there were in the Paris region (Île-de-France) multiple instances of alleged and proved political corruption cases, as well as cases of abuse of public money and resources. ...
The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
Maurice Papon (born September 3, 1910) was an official of the French Vichy government, which collaborated with Nazi Germany in World War II. After the war ended, he hid his role in the Vichy government and went on to have a successful career in politics until the emergence of details...
Hervé Gaymard (born May 31, 1960 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie) is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ownership The Canard is published by Les Éditions Maréchal - Le Canard Enchaîné (Maurice and Jeanne Maréchal founded the Canard), which is privately owned; the main associates are Michel Gaillard (CEO and director of publication), André Escaro, Nicolas Brimo, Erik Emptaz and employees of the newspaper.
External link - Official site (http://www.canardenchaine.com/) (in French)
- More on the history of the paper (http://www.ciao.fr/opinion_view.php/OpinionId/205268/SortOrder/4/sortedReverse/0) (in French)
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