Distance sometimes provides objectivity

By now everyone has probably heard about the ad (supposedly — I haven't seen it) posted by the City of Pasadena, California for a local politics & government reporter who is based in India. Guffaws all about. I am not so sure. So long as the reporter has unlimited phone and very high-speed web access, it might work well. In fact the stories might even be better as the reporter him or herself would be less likely (per Heisenberg) to influence the events.