Wednesday, June 03, 2009
How did the small French cable news channel iTELE land an exclusive interview with President Obama? Well, perhaps it has something to do with the interviewer, Laurence Haïm. Before landing her Obama interview, Ms. Haïm's greatest claim to fame was to have burst into tears when announcing the re-election of Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, in 2004.
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