Geopolitics media entry - Panama Papers

Thèmes abordés

Panama Papers, Mossack Fonseca, the Panama Papers Leak, 979 sociétés, offshore holdings, tax evasions, Jerome Kerviel, trading scandal, fraud, Société Générale

Résumé du document

Through the two articles retrieved from Le Monde and The Huffington Post, we can analyse the recent scandal of the Panama Papers seen in two different ways issued from an anonymous leak.

The two articles took very different points of view on the Panama Papers Leak which occurred at the beginning of April 2016 and enrolling the Mossack Fonseca Panamanian law firm. As the two newspapers treated this topic from their own point of view, it is clearly possible to analyse and highlight the similarities and differences of it.

Extraits

[...] They are even getting to the point of recommending this fraud to some of their clients. When I get to think about this, I tell myself that if you are giving your money to someone you would like to have it safe, to rely on the person you gave it to and even more if this person or company is saying that they actually have nothing against doing it. When you have laws and regulations it is not for nothing else but to respect them, even the most stupid or irrelevant ones. [...]

[...] Geopolitics media entry - Panama Papers Introduction and summary Through the two articles retrieved from Le Monde and The Huffington Post, we can analyse the recent scandal of the Panama Papers seen in two different ways issued from an anonymous leak. The two articles took very different points of view on the Panama Papers Leak which occurred at the beginning of April 2016 and enrolling the Mossack Fonseca Panamanian law firm. As the two newspapers treated this topic from their own point of view, it is clearly possible to analyse and highlight the similarities and differences of it. [...]

[...] The Huffington Post stays more neutral on the situation that is creating a huge gap between the two papers. Moreover, we are able to highlight more relative and disparate points through the reading of the articles. Of course, the main idea is the same in both papers but is based on distinctive sub-topics. Anne Michel for Le Monde newspaper chooses a very economic vision whereas The Huffington Post is staying quite general on the main idea but relying more on the amount of people and businesses involved in the tax evasion conducted by Mossack Fonseca: “the ICIJ has revealed that in total, over 140 publics officials and politicians' offshore holdings are included in the documents.” (The Huffington Post) underlining more the involvement in offshore holdings, allowing to avoidance of taxes by hiding money and funds. [...]

[...] Why should we live in a world full of lies and even more from persons who normally are the voice of the population or leading a part of the world? References Jerome Kerviel, Convicted Fraudster, Sues Societe Generale For Tampering With Evidence Against Him. (2012, April 27). The Huffington Post. [...]

[...] Le Monde is building it through three bullet points summarizing the situation providing the major things that you need to know about the Panama Papers and The Huffington Post takes the side of including it in the writing of the first paragraph. Both articles underline one thing: the amount of data the Suddeutsche Zeitung (German newspaper) received from an anonymous source of 11,5 million files. They are also explaining clearly who is Mossack Fonseca, “Panamanian law firm that helped some of the world's richest and most powerful people conceal their wealth through tax heavens and offshore companies” (The Huffington Post). II. Analysis Through the two articles studied before, we are getting a general idea about the Panama Papers scandal. [...]