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September 16, 2005
'Wasting Away in Berkshire Hathaway'
The photo and caption above appeared on page 16 of this past Monday's New York Times.
Got my attention, tell you what.
Turns out the very clever ad was placed by members of the Newspaper Guild, who are very unhappy about Reuters' recent decision to outsource its formerly U.S.–based photo editing and captioning work to Singapore.
- From the ad:
Warren Buffett or Jimmy Buffett?
Not easily confused, unless you're a worker in Singapore, India or some other far away place trying to report news or caption photos from 6,000 miles away.
Help us tell Reuters: Remote control journalism is bad news.
I'll bet you a nickel that Warren Buffett, if he hadn't been asked for permission to appear in this ad, when he saw it burst out laughing with delight.
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Comments
A very timely statement, exactly what jobs are going to be left for the American worker? I cringe every time I hear of yet another red, white, and blue American company sending jobs overseas.
Posted by: ScienceChic | Sep 17, 2005 11:04:51 AM
Oh, man. When I first glanced at the photo caption I near about soiled myself. God, my eyes are still streaming.
I agree, nix the long-distance captioning. Although, it did give me my thrill of the week.
Lordy, I gotta lay down.
Posted by: Flutist | Sep 17, 2005 3:53:15 AM
Damn, Joe, and here I've been getting all my news (and faithfully passing it on) from Reuters. Actually, I think I like their version of the news better than the real thing anyway. I'd better renew my subscription.
Posted by: r | Sep 16, 2005 6:59:41 PM
Somehow I doubt that Jimmy Buffet is too concerned about the mistaken identity.
Apparently this sort of thing happens all the time, people here have mistaken you dear Joe for my long missing husband.
Posted by: Robin | Sep 16, 2005 11:27:22 AM
