Journalism is concerned properly and inescapably with daily events.
Normally they are presented in different categories of context and meaning, usually in terms of home, world and economic news. These distinctions remain valid. But they are also crumbling under the intrusion of each category on the others, another striking feature of this year's events. The Pinochet case perfectly illustrates these realities, as governments grapple with the contradictory demands of state sovereignty, universal legal norms and patterns of trade in deciding how to respond. The Pinochet case typified a genuine trend.