Yann Barthès is a French journalist best known for presenting Le Petit Journal, a segment of the TV show Le Grand Journal

Le Grand Journal (Canal+)

Le Grand Journal is a French nightly news and talk show airing every weekday evening on Canal+. Debuting on August 30, 2004, it was created and hosted by Michel Denisot. Originally a one-hour program, it expanded to two hours in 2005. Even though the show is broadcast on the premium channel Canal+,...

, hosted by Michel Denisot on the channel Canal+

Canal+

Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...

.

After studying English and then communication in Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

, he became a journalist in 2002 on the show + clair, a weekly program dealing with media issues, which aired on Saturdays from 12.40 to 1.50 pm on Canal +.

In 2004, he joined Le Grand Journal

Le Grand Journal (Canal+)

Le Grand Journal is a French nightly news and talk show airing every weekday evening on Canal+. Debuting on August 30, 2004, it was created and hosted by Michel Denisot. Originally a one-hour program, it expanded to two hours in 2005. Even though the show is broadcast on the premium channel Canal+,...

's crew, where he presents, each evening, Le Petit Journal People (The Little News Report - People). Since 2007, he has also presented Le Petit Journal Actu (The Little News Report - Current Events). Both segments present daily news with a sarcastic and humorous twist, with anyone being a potential target of the news.

During the 2008 United States presidential campaign, Yann Barthès and his Le Petit Journal crew created a buzz on the Internet when they installed themselves, along with several joking banners, clearly visible in the background of a "very serious" American show filmed in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. On the night of the election, they joined New Yorkers in Times Square

Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...

 and hoisted aloft a banner bearing the word "Cassoulet

Cassoulet

Cassoulet is a rich, slow-cooked bean stew or casserole originating in the south of France, containing meat , pork skin and white haricot beans....

", as well as another version with the words "Cassoulet Forever". Their exploits were shown live on ABC News

ABC News

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. The banner created quite a stir throughout the United States; Time Magazine even reported on it in a following issue. On November 5, the day following the election, "Cassoulet" was the 62nd most researched word on Google

Google

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worldwide.