Hi my name is Fabrice Rousselot and I am the New York Bureau Chief for the French newspaper Liberation. I am in New Hampshire and will be in Keene tomorrow (Friday) to write a story about the liberty movement. I will be very happy to talk to liberty activists in Keene if you are available. I am meeting with Mark and Ian from Freetalklive in the afternoon.
Thank you
Fabrice
You can reach me at f.rousselot@liberation.fr
(I removed the previous post because I made a mistake in my email address)
Are you going to be visiting activist in any other parts of the state? The activists in Keene aren't the only one's, although they might be the most "visible".
Those not familiar with the French press might be interested to know that Libération is a far-left newspaper that has softened its tone from being rabidly anti-Establishment to being the very voice of the Establishment, as the far left conquered all the rungs of media power in France and now defines the "Pensée Unique" (Official Dogma) taught in all schools and media outlets, though it paradoxically still poses as "radical".
As such, Libération only publishes extremely one-sided "news", always calling for bigger government, more regulation, more intervention, dissing anyone who resists the extension of the State, or politicians who fail to use their existing political power to further the socialist agenda. All that with a fake tone of objectivity.
I do not know Mr Fabrice Rousselot, but you can search liberation.fr for his articles: an apology for Obama requesting that he be given more slack, and a string of article trying to paint americans as homophobic racists, pedophiles or scared people, presenting gun owners as dangerous would-be murderers, announcing pro-government "studies" as if they were science, blaming economic problems on bankers' greed and lack of government oversight, etc. Yet it's all written without any outright lie: just extreme bias in which news are selected, which opinions are put forward, etc.
A professional propagandist for big-government is what this man is. Writing skillfully against free markets is this man's very job description. If anyone is "THE Enemy" in this war of ideas, he is.
While one can never predict the future, do not expect such a "gentleman" to come to you as a friend. Rather, expect him to do everything he can to paint you as dangerous heartless gun-toting nutsoes. If he can't do that by quoting you out of context, he'll just omit you from his report — or his editor will cut you out. At the very best, you'll be presented as air-headed marijuana-smoking rowdy agitators who ought not to be taken seriously.
Be courteous to the stranger, but do not trust him one bit. The devil will soon appear to you with the face of a very nice, soft-spoken man.
Interestingly, Fabrice Rousselot did get an article published in the end:
http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012321811-la-revolution-ala-mode-libertarienne
While the article has some small translation mishaps, big bias towards leftist topics (drugs (pro), sex (pro), gays (pro), activism (pro), guns (anti)), and skips any kind of logical argument or mention of free markets, it does avoid the painting-it-black phenomenon I feared, and even presents with sympathy the grass-root activism.
I don't suppose the newspaper would publish anything better. Congratulations, therefore to Fabrice Rousselot for not botching it totally.