'Jakarta Post' writer Nury Vittachi mocks the egocentric attitude of American journalists Jakarta Post Saturday, October 11, 2008 By Nury Vittachi They are absolutely convinced that the rest of the world watches every detail of what happens in the United States as if it was some sort of wacky global sitcom designed to entertain the rest of the planet. A Western journalist called me the other day to ask what Asians thought of Sarah Palin. "Just a minute," I said. "I'll ask them." I held my hand over phone, counted to 20 and then got back on the line. "They like him," I said. "But they think he should make more episodes of Monty Python." There was a long pause. I heard the journalist's brain cell click into place. "That's not Sarah Palin," she eventually said. "That's Michael Palin." "Well, Asians would like her to tell her...
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