Wednesday, October 24, 2007
ORDERS FOLLOWED
Al Gore visits cold, cold Berlin to speak at a global warming conference:
Despite the high demand for tickets for last night’s slide show, not everyone in Berlin was happy.
People not happy? In Berlin?
Some climate campaigners said Gore’s speaker fee – rumoured to be $180,000 – was not sending the right message.
Yes. Gore deserves more.
Journalists moaned after finding that his meeting with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, was just a photo-op. No questions allowed.
Al is punishing reporters!
More seriously, the heavy-handed restrictions on reporting Gore’s words at the conference caused headaches. Scribblers and television cameras were allowed to document the first five minutes of his comments, but then had to put their pens away and turn off their cameras.
Ah, yes; the old five-minute law.
Journalists had to submit a written declaration that they would not break the rules ...
Shouldn’t be a problem. In Germany.
No one left doubting Gore’s message, but some grumbled that the Nobel Prize had gone to his head.
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