u.s. in fact the strauss-kahn affair has been a learning experience on both sides of the atlantic, but mostly here. for days, blase french journalists have been wondering how strauss-kahn made it up the social and political ladder without someone taking note of his alleged darker side. the relationship between politicians and journalists is a question raced even at the most edgy news magazine in french. >> the problem is probably there's fear in relation with power in france, and maybe the journalists corps is not as powerful as united as it is in the u.s. in matters like that. in france, the problem is the relation is much more blurred and that's a very big problem that we should very much improve in that manner. >> reporter: as the deputy editor himself points out, everybody knows some politicians here fool around. that was lost on no one, especially after former