This old saying comes from the fact that food is more easily swallowed if taken with a small amount of salt. So before believing ever august word printed or uttered in our media we would be wise to remember that unfortunately some media types don’t let truth to get in the way of a good story. Sometimes in my experience famous people are quite different to the image portrayed in the media. For instance Alexander Haig a former Secretary of State for Ronald Reagan was often written about in bad light and the media never feel obligated to “balance the books” and paint a more complete true picture of the person.
I was helping with a series of dinner parties on the Enterprise V, a 168ft motor yacht in 1993 (Enterprise V is still in the top 50 largest yachts in the world). Each evening’s cruise down the Potomac river brought a guest list of the movers and shakers of Washington D.C. On one such cruise Mr Haig was befriended by a young girl who’s parents were taking no notice of her, she was obviously bored being the only child at this swanky do. For the whole cruise this very important man took on the role of Grandpa, and showed great delight in being “adopted”.
For my part, it was great to see the human side of Alexander Haig, so different to the image painted by the media.
© Kevin Ashton 2006
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