The halls are empty again due to the extraordinary surge in Covid cases right now. CNN and other major media companies have paused return-to-office plans and reverted to essential personnel only, hopefully just for a period of weeks, while Omicron is on the march. The empty office is a humbling reality, much as "first rough draft" quotation is a reminder about the limitations of journalism. We can't always see around the corner. We can screw up when we try.

Source: CNN January 03, 2022 21:55 UTC