Le Canard enchaîné Free Man") which was forced to close by government censorship and reacted upon its reopening by changing its name to "L'homme enchaîné" ("The Chained-up Man"); "Le Canard enchaîné" means "The chained-up duck", but "canard" (duck) is also French slang for "newspaper"; it was also a reference to French journals published by soldiers during World War I. The weekly was founded in 1915 by and his wife , along with H. P. Gassier. It changed its title briefly after World War I to "Le Canard Déchaîné" ("The duck unbound", or "out of control"), to celebrate the end of military censorship of
Le Canard enchaîné the 1920s. Its current owners are not tied to any political or economic group. It now avoids any political alignment, and has gained a reputation for publishing incriminating stories and criticizing any political party with no preference. It is also fairly anti-clerical and lampoons the nobility. The "Canard" does not accept any advertisements. In the 1920s, it used to advertise for free "Le Crapouillot", another satirical magazine created by Jean Galtier-Boissière, a friend of Maurice Maréchal. Similarly, "Le Crapouillot" carried free advertisements for the "Canard". Relations between the two magazines soured during the Spanish Civil War as Maréchal supported the