Thursday, October 17, 2013

I was just telling you yesterday that the Economist has been declining in its coverage of the Middle East: here it screws up the name of Nasser



"Perhaps, some say, the “popular delegation”, led by politicians still loyal to the nationalism of the late Abdel Gamal Nasser".  I mean, this is big. Imagine if a foreign correspondent serving in the US lists the name of John F Kennedy as Mr. Billy Bob Kennedy.  (thanks Khelil)