While certain segments of the American media and their readers/viewers have been obsessively following the public meltdown of some celebrity types over in France, the media have focused on President Nicolas Sarkozy's recent divorce and new female significant other.  And contrary to the image of France and anything goes romance, the publicity has negatively affected Sarkozy's approval ratings.   [A]n opinion poll in the daily Le Parisien, showing a seven-point drop in Sarkozy's approval ratings, mainly because of concern over the economy but in part also because his private life.Stephane Rozes, head of the CSA polling institute which carried out the survey, told Le Parisien that older voters in particular appeared to have been turned off by coverage of Sarkozy's private life."The heavy media exposure of the president's personal life, affecting the function of the president, clearly offends traditional sections of government supporters," he said....(Read Full Post)