Marine Le Pen May Get a Lift From an Unlikely Source: The Far Left

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39. Mainstream media here is pretty objective

In Belgium, for a while, the press was forbidden by the government to report that violent crimes had been committed by Moroccans. Cynical Belgians started to say that such and such a robbery and/beating was done again by "the Swedes." Since it was forbidden to say Moroccan, they said "Swedes," and everyone (including people from Sweden) knew what was really meant. Even the Moroccans were tired of this because it only fueled blanket resentment against them as a group where 98% of them are perfectly peaceful, law-abiding citizens.

Most coverage is balanced here, even if there are a few rags in every country. In Germany and Austria, Holocaust denial is a rare on-the-books restriction on free speech. Nazi propaganda is forbidden in Germany, and rightist groups have to watch their step to avoid being banned. Fox never got off the ground with a German-language version. They probably knew they'd either have to change their business model or spend half their time in court defending themselves.