What a horribly done article:

French uproar over far-right election success

IN A SHOWING that shamed many French, sent shockwaves through Europe and ended the career of third-placed Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Le Pen came in second to President Jacques Chirac in Sunday’s first round before a May 5 runoff.

"Shamed"? No where in the article does it seek to explain why this great shocking horror of this guy taking second place in the election. The nearest it gets to an "accusation" is that Le Pen once described the Holocaust as a "detail of history." Well, what the hell does that mean?

Meanwhile, paragraph after paragraph of left-leaning people wringing their hands, banging their heads on walls, moaning and wailing. And why? If you take only this article, this horror is caused simply because Le Pen is "far right."

Oh, the horror. He may be Hitler reincarnate, but you'd never learn that from any of the reporting I've heard or seen this morning. NPR's reporting was more of the same (same wire article?). Facts and information would apparently just get in the way.