Scottish journalist owns dim view of DNC  Posted: Wednesday,
August 16, 2000  LOS ANGELES - Cairan Byrne just might be the
only journalist covering the Democratic National Convention who
doesn't have a cellular phone or a laptop computer at his
fingertips. He sits in the nosebleed seats of the media stands -
Section 118, Row 8 - specially reserved for reporters from the
foreign publications.  From here, he can't really see the
speakers, and even the television monitors meant to bring the
action up close and personal seem miles away. When he goes back
to his hotel room in a downscale section of Los Angeles, the
amenities are even fewer. No laundry service, no restaurant, no
room service and worst of all, no bar.  All this for $160 a
night, Byrne groused.  Byrne, 28, is the foreign editor of
Scotland on Sunday, the national newspaper of, well, Scotland.
You know, home of bagpipes, men in plaid skirts and Dolly, the
cloned sheep.  The top story in the most recent edition of
Scotland on Sunday dealt with Dolly. H