Correspondents around the globe? We don't have any. We leave that to the big boys. We're here to make fun of them - the posturing, the pretense, the commercialism. PLEASE. The only correspondent we use is the Timid Reporter. That's enough for us and (besides) he's the only one we can afford - really. Even when he's not entirely sober, the man is as honest as the day is long. He may be timid, but he's not naive and he's not afraid. On top of that, he is so old (he'll be 232 in July) he's the only correspondent in the world who can claim to have lived history, not just read about it in a book.
Showing posts with label New Yorker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Yorker. Show all posts
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
War
A quote from Karl Kraus: "How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print." I don't know whether there's any truth to it. Probably not.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Baburova
On January 19, 2009, Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov were shot to death while walking near the Kremlin (Moscow, Russia.) She was a reporter with the Novaya Gazeta (New Gazette) and he was a human rights attorney. People suspect that the murders were encouraged by political fringe groups with government ties. I would not know. Anastasia was only 25 and she used to report on government corruption and that sort of thing. I have a photo of the attorney's dead body lying on the sidewalk. It was on the front page of the Gazeta. I do not dare post it - even here. What purpose would it serve?
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