Despite being depressed I thought I'd get at least ONE World cup story into our media lessons...
It is claimed that there are 700 journalists covering Brazil at the World Cup. Dunga, the team's manager, has already determined that there are more than enough regardless of the exact figure. He protests that this horde of pundits "terrorise fans" as they vie with one another to produce inflammatory stories.
Whatever the truth of that, the tournament continues to grow both in financial terms and in its power to obsess the planet. This is the sixth World Cup I have covered and because I am on the England beat nowadays there are particular contrasts.
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