French Analyst Nelcya Delanoe gives an overview of newspapers in France and how they reflect changes in the political climate over the last 20 years. Her discussion centers on Le Monde, the major French newspaper of the Parisian Left. By using examples of the paper’s presentation of Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy, and the contradictions between the opinions of the articles and cartoons, Delanoe illustrates how the paper has lost its edge, becoming moderate and ambiguous. With the emergence of a moderate Left government, the paper has lost its identifying place as opposition and has changed. Delanoe theorizes that Le Monde can be seen as a representation of factions in the post-1968 Left who have accepted positions in the government and diluted their political stances in order to accommodate these roles. This trend had also created a crisis in readership and funding for Le Monde, which, at the time, was narrowly escaping bankruptcy every few months. She sites other papers that are smaller but have remained independent and have remained interesting. She states that many in France read Le Monde not for the journalism, but “because [we] feel it is our duty.” This episode should be of interest to students and teachers of subjects like Journalism, French politics, and cultural informatics.