Sunday, April 15, 2012

A foreign (non) correspondent stumbles on pearl of wisdom

"When you visit another country, it’s hard to get a feel for what it’s actually like until you leave your hotel room, go for a walk, take a look around".   I mean, this Zionist figured it out.  One walk around your hotel would suffice to teach you about the country that you are (non) covering.  I mean, these Zionist revelations should be collected in a book.   But wait: this Zionist traveler, had second thoughts after all.  Walking outside your hotel may not be necessary after all:  "The traffic was too fast, too close and too hectic. I was pinned on a thin ribbon of sidewalk between the Mediterranean and the freeway.  There was no way I could cross that river of mayhem and steel unless I found a traffic light and a crosswalk — an unlikely event from the look of the place. There wasn’t much worth seeing on the other side anyway...But I hadn’t been in the country for even two hours. I didn’t know how anything worked yet. So I went back to the hotel and ordered some dinner."  This passage should be a required reading in introductory courses on journalism. (thanks David)

PS Daniel sent me this:  ""Air Afriquiya"? Its official English name is "Afriqiyah Airways", so the spelling isn't even the worst error, but I just chuckle picturing that: الخطوط الجوية الأفريقوية"."