Tuesday, October 14, 2014

If Bloomberg Can Do This To North Korea's Kim Jong Un Why Can't the Financial Times?

The "this" being a three part serialization starting with today's "Kim Jong Un and North Korea's Mysteries":
(This is the first of three articles.)
The mysterious disappearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sparked a frenzy of speculation around the world. Depending on which wild rumor one believes, the Supreme Leader is either sick or dead, has been overthrown in a coup or is simply toying with the outside world yet again....
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All Kim, all the time.

Instead, the FT, or more specifically the FT's flagship markets/finance/investing/econ blog FT Alphaville devotes mere seconds to:
This is the transcript of the Markets Live session ending at 12:05 on 14 Oct 2014. Participants in this session were: Paul Murphy Bryce Elder
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HE’S ALIVE!
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Cheese producers of the world. REJOICE!
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And he’s not just alive
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He’s got a new haircut
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PM Dunno how many of these I should share...MORE
Since they wanted to accentuate the positive why not go with:
Or:
http://i.imgur.com/eC4neGo.jpg
Maybe:
looking at lubricant
And the impact his resurfacing will have on real estate values in the Emme River valley.
(it's an Emmental ref., long way, short yuck, sorry)