How The Times, the BBC and The Guardian Responded to the Le Pen news

It Ain't Good

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Something predictable happened. That is, if you're unfortunate enough to be someone like me who insists on trying to hold media outlets accountable for the content they publish.

Let's get into it.

Marine Le Pen, the Voldemort lookalike (not to be confused with Geert Wilders, the Malfoy lookalike) who is also the most well-known far right figure in France, was found guilty on Monday of embezzling EU funds. As a result, she is barred from standing in an election for 5 years.

That is the story. That's it. She did a crime and was found guilty of doing said crime.

We can now move on secure in the knowledge that our media overlords will do their due diligence and report on the news.