The Four Horsewomen of PBS News !
Contributed by John S. Porter
Editor/Publisher of TourGuizhou.Com
The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse are characterized here as the staff of the PBS News, who, on January 6th were dispatched to the Capital to report on the transition of power, from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration, the last step. This is a Constitutionally mandated ritual that has been performed about 45 times in the last 240 years. It was considered a dull assignment, where the leaders meet and count the votes from all fifty states, make speeches, and then designate the next President.
It was anything but dull this time. The last time we had this much trouble in Washington DC, was in 1812 when the British burned our capital down. Five people died and dozens of police were injured. There is no accurate number on the total number of people hurt.
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR SOME REALLY HISTORIC JOURNALISM
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH TOUR GUIZHOU?? This web log is about foreigners in China, particularly Guizhou Province. Culture Shock indeed “reverse culture shock” is real for those of us who have stayed in China for years at a time.
BACKGROUND: In Western Mythology the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” are famous. These four riders are said to represent Famine, War, Pestilence, and Death (maybe). We say “Maybe” because the story isn’t entirely clear. These four were supposedly dropped from a star. We are not sure if they are coming to kill us, warn us, or have come to save us. So we don’t know if they are good or bad. Like with some of our media and some of our Presidents, opinions vary.
These are the women who reported on the insurrection while it was happening.
Upper Left, Clockwise: Omna, Yamish, Lisa, and Judy
Judy was the only one that could see all the camera feeds and she managed the coverage. The others could listen to each other’s audio feeds.
- Judy Woodruff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Woodruff
- Lisa Desjardins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Desjardins
- Omna Nawaz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amna_Nawaz
- Yamiche Alcindor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamiche_Alcindor
Many of us have watched these four for years and they learned their trade from some very strong female reporters who came before them. The video of the meeting is about 29 minutes and is really historic journalism. It gives you a flavor of what went on that day.
The 29 minute clip is located online at the following link: