Quand le New York Post s'emballe / When the NYP gets carried away

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March 10, 2005

Il faut le voir pour le croire (et en rire): le New York Post a tellement peu apprécié les déclarations de Lance Armstrong en faveur de Paris pour les JO de 2012 que le journal l'a affublé d'un bérêt et d'un T shirt "l'axe des traitres" ('Axel of Weasel,' en B.O., intraduisible car triple jeu de mot sur l'Axe du mal de Bush; weasel = la belette mais aussi le renegatl; et l'axe du mal devient axel, en clin d'oeil au vélo...) Ah, ils ont le don de la formule au New York Post! Et tant pis si Armstrong a pris soin de déclarer que, au final, il roule pour New York!

You've got to see this to believe it (and have a good laugh): The New York Post got carried away when Lance Armstrong said he backed Paris for the 2012 Olympics and earned himself a French make-over complete with beret and an Axel of Weasel T shirt. The paper calls him "The weasel on two wheels." Ah, aren't they good at headlines and puns. And it doesn't matter if Armstrong cleary stated that, at the end, he rides for New York!"

Posted by emmanuelle at March 10, 2005 04:12 PM

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Posted by: emmanuelle at March 11, 2005 11:31 AM

Wow, it's so 2003. So how popular are berets in France, really?

Posted by: Paul Hrissikopoulos at March 11, 2005 12:09 PM

I seriously want to vomit whenever I see cr@p like this anymore. I'm so sick of what it seems the US has become. That no one will come out and call b-s to these people is so depressing. They did a poll of random NY'ers and most of them said they didn't want the Olympics in their city, are they traitors too?!. Well there you go. And just because Lance wants them in Paris, he's a traitor, or somehow a French-lover, which is apparently a bad thing. He can't have an opinion?!! Ugh...please someone tell me that this Republican/Neo-con nightmare of the last 5 years will be over soon...please? I promise I'll be good.

Posted by: Chris at March 11, 2005 03:07 PM

Oh, 'tis but a love bite. I suspect they're just having a little wicked fun, NYP-style.

Posted by: Paul Hrissikopoulos at March 11, 2005 05:01 PM

I'll pray with you Chris! And drink to our health with Paul next time I see him (Hi Paul!)

Re: the NYP, their obsession is quite funny actually. They had a hilarious cover showing Laura Bush shaking hands with Chirac, grimacing with disgust! I mean it's funny until French friends in NYC tell me they're being regularly insulted or criticized by taxi drivers and others. Which doesn't happen in L.A., which, coincidently, doesn't have a conservative tabloid.

Posted by: emmanuelle at March 11, 2005 07:05 PM

argh, mais encore combien de temps vont-ils croire que les français portent le béret et la moustache ?!! (en même temps, ça lui va pas mal à Lance !)

Posted by: stéphanie at March 12, 2005 04:55 AM

Hear, hear! I'll buy the first round. That is disturbing news, however, that nice folks are getting hassled because of their nationality. Most embarrassing. And not exactly indicative of the Olympic Spirit. Speaking for myself, as much as I adore NYC I don't think they should get the Olympics, if only because of that awful desecration of Emma Lazarus' poem they keep spraying all over the TV.

Posted by: Paul Hrissikopoulos at March 12, 2005 01:31 PM

Les évènements populaires sont les meilleurs vecteurs de communication. Lang a oublié que ce qui serait dit à Paris serait repris à New-York. Les subtilités du contexte ont été évincées.

Le Craowiker.

Posted by: Jean-Marc Bondon at March 13, 2005 10:12 AM

brli kuiwnp

Posted by: Rose at March 3, 2006 04:57 AM