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PHILADELPHIA--Tent city is a lonely place. There are 6,500 miles of fiber-optic cable, millions of inches of wires, more than 10,000 like-minded souls--and there's no one to talk to. It is Monday night, 7:26 p.m., inside the temporary Philadelphia headquarters of a major television news organization. The evening news has ended, the union crews are on a break and there are a few hours until we next go on the air. Most of us are just sitting here, clicking through our news wires...
Outside the major news organization's tent, the Japanese television network NHK is pissed off at its tent city neighbors, the major news organization. Between its two trailers is a great shortcut into the convention hall, but NHK wants its preciously paid for space all to itself. So the network taped a "DO NOT ENTER" sign to a sun-withered chair. It is ignored. And so are the resulting curses from Japanese television technicians...
...huffs up the hot sidewalk to catch poor Peter (whose sole protection was two young assistants, each of which had papers in their hands and heavy bags on their shoulders). But Peter is nice. He says a kind word and takes refuge under a magnetometer in a security tent. The daughter finally finds her camera and snaps away...
...Wednesday, I decided I'd had enough. It was time to strike a blow for the Fourth Estate, to leave the soggy press-tent pizza behind and set out for greener pastures. I realized that I'm never going to be a fat cat, but darn it, I was finally going to eat like...
...paper earns its big, bristling space in the convention's tent city by rubbing Cheney - "a cool-tempered veteran of national politics" - on his shiny bald head for luck. "As Democrats launched an ad campaign pressing their assault on his record, Mr. Cheney blasted their strategy of attack. 'I don't think it's going to fly.' So far, the poll makes clear...