I had nothing fresh for dinner at home. When I was born, the world was inhabited by 3,000 million people and today we are 8,000 (frankly, I don't know what so many people have come to do). And suddenly, the day before last, the news broke in the newsroom: a Russian missile had hit Poland.
What happens in a newsroom that broadcasts non-stop news, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the face of a confusing and highly newsworthy event that could just as soon be an error typical of the conflict as the outbreak of the Third World War?
They will forgive me for my immodesty: we act responsibly, wisely and with experience (handling the world's news requires DNA and this newspaper has it).
The fact was confirmed: a missile has exploded in Poland. Russian? Ukrainian? For a moment, a solemn silence fell in the newsroom, and not only because of the need to provide more information as soon as possible. What if this late moment of the day, just before going home for dinner who knows what, was the start of a big war? The reactions already invited optimism and a prudent assessment. But if something annoys a journalist, it's being offside. The third world war broke out and the donkey left so hot, thinking about dinner...
On the night of August 31, 1939, a few minutes after the outbreak – also in Poland – of the Second World War, André Maurois, cultured as they may be, returned home “crazy with happiness”, as did his influential friends, according to an account in his memoirs: the possibility of a war with Germany had dissipated, despite the omens. Maurois, I say, would have something to eat because he was married, and would sleep soundly. When he woke up, World War II had started.
Permanent information tests journalism, whose future some doubt. When the first news made it possible to think of everything – even on a historic day – I had the feeling that neither journalism nor the companies that support it are going to disappear. On the contrary: at crucial moments, people need light, guidance, truthfulness and a helping hand.
The night before last I wanted to see so many streamers and influencers who give up and play to inform...
