France 24 to challenge CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera

Chirac's pet project promises to 'spread French values abroad' While Francois Mitterand commissioned I.M. Pei's Louvre pyramid, soon-to-be-retired French President Jacques Chirac is betting on France 24, a round-the-clock French CNN, to cement his legacy. To be broadcast to 90 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and initially to New York City and Washington in the U.S., the channel promises to offer an alternative to what France regards as the dominant, Anglo-Saxon take on global events. It will be about "seeing the world through a filter other than that of CNN, BBC World and [Al] Jazeera," according to a France 24 press kit.

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