----- Original Message ----- From: "SA" <s11131978 at gmail.com>
On 5/18/2011 7:02 AM, Andy wrote:
> What exactly is BHL's status in France? Somehow I got the impression
> that it was sort of like that of Thomas Friedman's here, but with more
> people sharing Matt Taibbi's views.
I think the Friedman comparison is a good one.
Just looked at his French Wiki page, which has a lot of highlights: "BHL is presented by certain journalists as an intellectual impostor. His detractors judge that his success is due only to a well organized network of contacts." ------------------------------
All true. Only diff I can think of is that no one would dream of calling Friedman a philosopher. Whereas BHL, by virtue of his education and aspirations and contacts, might kinda qualify.
Joanna