Sarko keeps an eye out for rumors on the Internets

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Whether it's videos of him acting drunk or angry, or Web sites publishing reports of text messages he may or may not have sent his ex-wife, the Internet has not always been kind to Nicolas Sarkozy. But with all that he has on his plate, how can the French president possibly keep track of all the possibly damaging material about him that circulates on the web?

That's where Nicolas Princen comes in. Nicknamed "Sarkozy's eye,"  the 24-year-old has been hired to act as "a sort of Internet early warning system, surveying everything that is making a buzz regarding the President." Princen cut his chops maintaining this online video site for Sarkozy, which includes an intro that would make Kim Jong-il blush. While I understand that life can be rough for public figures in the YouTube era, a better strategy for Sarkozy might just be to stop making a fool of himself in public.