Yesterday I wrote a few words about a weekly satirical newspaper. Today, May 3, is the international day of Freedom of the Press. When can we have a "Canard enchaîné" in all countries? No censorship, no prisoners...
Every Wednesday I buy "Le Canard Enchaîné" = The Chained-up Duck ("Canard" in French is slang for newspaper). I's a satirical weekly, founded in 1915.
It gives you all kinds of stories from "behind the curtains" within the French political and business world.
It's independent (contains no ads). It has a fantastic information network. What they tell is mostly not meant to be official, but is in general true (they hardly ever lose their numerous law cases). It's feared, but read, by most leading personalities. Quite a few scandals have been revealed and even led to resignation of ministers and others. (They are never dealing with extramartial activites or similar - hardly touched in the French press.)
... but, especially, it gives you a lot of fun. They have some very good journalists and cartoonists.
I guess the British "Private Eye" is something similar?
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