We Monitor French-Bashing. Est 2003
According to Paul Damour (Fini le “French bashing” aux États-Unis), French Bashing is no longer. While it can be argued – and we have taken that stance – that Official French Bashing is now behind us, the number of articles on this site and elsewhere dedicated to documenting recent cases
“One might wonder how a Frenchman wound up hosting a liberal talk show on a radio station in Cleveland that caters to conservatives. It happened when Simon Badinter, an advertising executive by day, decided he wanted to give radio a try.” Read more at WKYC. Listen to the show at
“They say this other guy is unpatriotic, or this guy likes French people. That’s what they said about Kerry (…) They try to make it out like Democrats aren’t tough enough, aren’t macho enough. It’s the same strategy.” -Senator Barack Obama, August 18, 2008. Sources: IHT – FOXNews – ABC
Back in 2006, a writer for the section called “Ask Yahoo!” claimed in one his responses that “the French have 50 different words for “surrender”. When contacted by Miquelon.org and the community of French Expatriates, Yahoo promptly edited the entry and removed the offending Anti-French jab. Fast forward two years
Les Domaines Paul Mas is an estate located on the hills bordering the Hérault Valley in Languedoc in southern France. Jean-Claude Mas, a fourth generation winemaker is the current manager of the Domaines Paul Mas and the creator of a Cabernet Merlot called nothing less than “Arrogant Frog”. Some may