How the press handles the current crisis
A young man was walking the streets of Paris . Suddenly he saw a rottweiler attacking a young girl. He jumped on the dog, struggled with him and strangled it. Both he and the girl escaped with minor scratches. Immediately excited journalists surrounded him and said: What is your name? All Paris will hear of you, and the headlines will be: "A Parisian hero saved a little girl from a savage dog".
Said the man: I am not Parisian.
The journalists: O.K, so all France will hear of you and the headlines will be :"A French hero saved a little girl from a savage dog".
The man: But I am not French.
Journalists: OK, so all Europe will hear of you and the headlines will read: "A European hero saved a little girl from a savage dog".
The man: But I am not from Europe.
Journalists: So where are you from?
The man: I am from Israel.
Journalists: OK, so all the world will hear of you and the headline in all tomorrow's papers will read:
"Israeli killed a little girl's dog."
