Le Monde, the leading newspaper in France, yesterday quoted an American Thinker piece by me in the first sentence of an article on American press coverage of the battle between Boeing and Airbus. Selon le magazine The American Thinker ("le penseur américain"), il s'agit de la plus "fascinante bataille commerciale de la planète". Roughly: 'According to the magazine The American Thinker ('le penseur américain'), it has taken the character of the most 'fascinating business battle in the world''. Flattering though this reference to us may be, the rest of the article adopted a rather critical tone toward American press coverage of the battle, citing Fox News, CNN, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Business Week, and suggesting or implying that they were carrying water for the American manufacturer at the expense of its European competitor. Strangely, though, the article nowhere mentioned that one of the principal shareholders of the parent firm of Airbus, EADS, the Lagardère...(Read Full Post)