Originally Posted by NB00

Media always show the worst of a situation, otherwise it would not be news, and with the need to keep us informed 24 hrs and the competition they tend to show things more bad than they actually are

Everything at CDG was normal this morning when I had a 4 hour stopover. There were only a few delays, but not that many more than on an oridinary day (for example, my delay CDG-FCO today was less than the delay I had FCO-CDG going outbound; latter was due to weather and "rush hour" at FCO). I had to call my mother though as she had sent a worried email after watching the news and seeing similar coverage as you did