The Words "Facebook" And "Twitter" Are Banned From French Airwaves
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The Words "Facebook" And "Twitter" Are Banned From French Airwaves
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#2As absurd as it is, I'm pretty sick of every media outlet on earth attempting to herd me to their FB/Twitter page every time they're on air or commercial.
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#3This is a case where I toss all my personal philosophies aside and say, "Yeah!"
They now do "news segments" on what's being said on Twitter. Make the news agencies behave like grown-ups, even if it kills them.
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#4As absurd as it is, I'm pretty sick of every media outlet on earth attempting to herd me to their FB/Twitter page every time they're on air or commercial.
While I agree that it is annoying, a law is not the way to fix that. It's also very useful, as it connects the viewers with more information. I don't think anything would convince news outlets to stop since it drives up their website traffic, etc.
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#5Wow, this is absurd! The French official said “This would be a distortion of competition. If we allow Facebook and Twitter to be cited on air, it’s opening a Pandora’s Box —other social networks will complain to us saying, ‘why not us?’”
Nobody is saying those other networks can't be mentioned. Maybe if they would improve, they /would/ be used and get mentioned. Does my service have a right to be promoted? No? Clearly the solution is to "level the playing field" and prohibit ALL promotions!
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#6I was fascinated to learn about Minitel. I had no idea that any country had such widespread adoption of a computer network before the internet.
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#7As absurd as it is, I'm pretty sick of every media outlet on earth attempting to herd me to their FB/Twitter page every time they're on air or commercial.
While I agree that it is annoying, a law is not the way to fix that. It's also very useful, as it connects the viewers with more information. I don't think anything would convince news outlets to stop since it drives up their website traffic, etc.
Totally agree.
I wonder how much value a news outlet derives from their follower communities and whether or not they've A/B tested the effect asking viewers to tune in on FB/Twitter hurts their ratings.
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#8The OP speaks about French resentment of Anglo-Saxon cultural encroachment as if it's some kind of childish French fixation ("That there is a deeply-rooted animosity in the French psyche towards Anglo-Saxon cultural domination cannot be disputed; indeed, it has been documented and analysed for decades.")
But then, remember Freedom Fries and cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys, and it seems like we all have our childish side.
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#9Are they banning these words from all radio and TV? Or simply not allowing government broadcasts from telling people to follow them on Twitter and Facebook? There is a huge difference between the two.
The article states "If Facebook or Twitter make the news, they can be mentioned on a strictly “information” basis. But no urging the audience to connect via Facebook or Twitter to learn more, ask questions, give their opinions, and so on."
That is quite a bit different than the impression conveyed by the headline claiming these words are completely banned.
If this regulation applies to private broadcasts too, it is wrong.
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#10The OP speaks about French resentment of Anglo-Saxon cultural encroachment as if it's some kind of childish French fixation ("That there is a deeply-rooted animosity in the French psyche towards Anglo-Saxon cultural domination cannot be disputed; indeed, it has been documented and analysed for decades.") But then, remember Freedom Fries and cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys, and it seems like we all have our childish s…
But the FCC never banned the phrase French Fries.