How do you not have at least a hand scrawled itinerary ready to prompt you?
> Uli joked about our holdup at the checkpoint, but Marcos didn’t laugh
Why were they so unaware of the severity of the situation?
Is it uncharitable to say their behavior makes me question the caliber of their journalism?
I can totally imagine some UK people I know writing or speaking about an incident that way. It doesn't mean they're less aware or capable than someone who would write of the same incident differently.
i had a co-worker from another country talk about going somewhere in an american city, and we were all like 'dude you could have died', he shrugged, said it didn't seem bad.
If you are passing off a business card as fake press credentials, you aren’t a real journalist.