bad humor

I'm in the media center here at the conference, listening to a couple of U.S. reporters sitting very close to me banter about the conference and Mexico City in general. One woman was talking about writing a "quirky condoms story" about condoms being given out with tequila shots somewhere in Mexico City.

Isn't that so quaint?

In another attempt at humor I suppose, she says, half-giggling, "Wouldn't it be ironic if someone contracted HIV at the International AIDS Conference?"

And is it any wonder why the U.S. reporting on the HIV epidemic is shallow at best, and damaging to the cause at worst?