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French media landscape blunted election hacking impact

Original: One reason last-minute hacking attack had little effect on French election: "We don’t have a Fox News in France."

Commentators are pointing to France's media system to explain why the last-minute hacking attack ahead of the French presidential election had little effect. The argument: unlike the United States, France lacks a cable network with the reach and political orientation of Fox News, so leaked material was not amplified around the clock into a dominant storyline before voters went to the polls.

Why now: The remark revives debate over how fragmented, partisan US media amplify hacked material in ways other democracies do not.

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• One reason last-minute hacking attack had little effect on French election: "We don’t have a Fox News in France." · kylegriffin1 · 2.7K

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