DID HE COME TO AFRICA OR TO THE ZOO?

A leitura deste texto de Kevin Sullivan não me esclarece se o gringo do Washington Post fez uma viagem a África ou ao jardim zoológico. Os grandes títulos da imprensa da terra do Tio Sam também fazem mau jornalismo. Este texto é uma ofensa à Guiné-Bissau e ao jornalismo de viagens.

What a big shit Mr Sullivan! Next time just call us so we can show you Guinea-Bissau (and we offer you in the package, for free, Senegal).

Eis dois extractos:

One of the great joys of being a journalist is traveling the world's roads not taken. And hardly anybody takes the road to Guinea-Bissau. The airlines are not exactly flocking to one of the poorest countries on earth.
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One road had streetlights, and a few banks, restaurants and hotels had noisy generators, and therefore light. But for the most part, Bissau was just black dark at night.
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By sunset, the streets were all but deserted. There was so little traffic at night that I came across a dog in the middle of the road. I thought it was dead. But it was just sleeping...

E passou esta alma quatro dias em Bissau para isto!

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