Danny Schechter
BREAKING NEWS OR BREAKING HEADS (OURS)
I took a break from the news to go to a major international conference of news people in Amsterdam last week. It was an annual gathering of many major global and national news players—BBC, Reuters, Associated Press, CNN, CBS, and ABC among them. Since I consider our company Globalvision to be a legitimate if minor player in global news, I decided to infiltrate.
I soon felt more apart of the schmooze business then the news business. And there was plenty to shmooze about.
I had been invited by England’s Channel 4 to be part of a panel on global warming but like some toxic waste I was dumped at the last minute for more qualified pundits including the Guardians activist in resident George Monbiot. That turned out to be a good thing with the exception of one minor point. I had to use up my frequent flyer miles as part of my no budget travel plan, staying at the Winston better known as the cheapo hippie hotel while the corporate elite put up at grand prices in the luxury of the NH Grand Krasnapolsky hotel down the street.
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