Crying into their beer

I came to read the 5 September editorial [Fate and fortune: the state of Reuters] by chance and have to say the piece hits the nail on the head, and in measured objective terms.

The last para sums it up. Reuters, as some of us knew it, no longer exists - in the quality and independence of its news, in the quest for truth and in the brotherhood of colleagues.

Pity the poor sods who slogged for it in the past but are still around to witness its decline. Old mates cry into their beer. ■