Waugh, in his later years, as in his posthumously published diaries, seemed determined to present himself in the worst pos¬ sible light. Both, in their different ways, appeared to be in dire need of a quick primer on the vagaries of the Fourth Estate. Scoop is essential reading for me still, about once every two years, and I have presented paperback copies of it to an unlikely assortment of people, including a United States Air Force colonel in charge of public relations in Saigon and Prince Sihanouk.
Not in sorrow but re¬ membering the good times shared.ĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS Anyone bold enough to write about journalism is in for a rough time because comparison must inevitably be made with Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop, the best book ever written about the press and the only one to capture the quintessential absurdity of our calling.
PN5123.B36A33 1978 07o.4'o92'4 78-15209 isbn 9-1 Printed in the United States of America Set in Linotype Jansonįor some rather special friends: Tom Brady, John Gale, and Jim Mossman, who died Larry Bur¬ rows, John Cantwell, Gilles Caron, Michel Laurent, Roy Parrott, Paul Schutzer, and Frangois Sully, killed in Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Mid¬ dle East Rick Merron, missing in New York. 10022 Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATAīehr, Edward, 1926Bearings : a foreign correspondent’s life behind the lines. UP THE STREET AND AROUND THE CORNER 302 Citation previewīEARINGS A Foreign Correspondent's Life Behind the LinesĬopyright © Edward Behr, 1978 All rights reserved First published in 1978 by The Viking Press 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. ANYONE HERE BEEN RAPED AND SPEAKS ENGLISH? 134
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