Wars, Hotels, Journalists: A Risky Alchemy
For decades, journalists from all over the world have camped out in major hotels to cover wars and civil strife. But putting so many newsmen and women in one place has often yielded the worst possible result: Bored reporters producing news to fit the needs of an imagined public. Scarcity of news has also led to the peddling of pure fiction.
For decades, journalists from all over the world have camped out in major hotels to cover wars and civil strife. But putting so many newsmen and women in one place has often yielded the worst possible result: Bored reporters producing news to fit the needs of an imagined public. Scarcity of news has also led to the peddling of pure fiction.
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