AUGUSTA — The eye-popping accommodations of the media center at the Augusta National Golf Club, which has no equal, is a reminder that members of the Fourth Estate never had it so good.
As I began the week with an iconic pimento cheese sandwich, I looked across the room where writers and broadcasters are patiently engaged — connected with millions of iPhones and computers across the world.
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