A wake in Reykjavik
November 6th, 2009
CNN reports on a wake in Reykjavik:
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – All reporters will tell you from time to time that they do their work out of love of the story, a need to tell the world. This, I'm sorry to say, is not one of those times.
There are some CNN assignments which are performed not from either of those noble motivations but simply from duty, or happening to be in the right place at the right time, which really means you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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I cannot bear even to mention the name of my subject, but I don't need to. The first few targets of my intended interview rush past, evading the red and white CNN mike box. Apparently nerves remain raw and emotions are running high.
In less than 48 hours from my filing of this report, Iceland, a country of a mere 300 thousand souls – is destined to become a more soulless place as its three branches of the mighty McDonald's forest are lopped off by the tree surgeon of global finance. [...]
[Via The Scout Report]
