Boss, Can I talk to you?
Fearless Leader: What's up? Oh, can call me Fearless Leader. I like the sound of that.
Nameless Employee: Hrm. Bo...Er, Fearless Leader then, I have a problem with some of of the articles we publish.
Fearless Leader: Ah, yes. Which ones.
Nameless Employee: Sir, most of the articles, well, many come off as condescending, and even a bit sensationalistic.
Fearless Leader: So?
Nameless Employee: So? So....
Fearless Leader: Son, we are in the business of giving people what they want. For the past century the news has been people's window to the world. We brought them horrific wars, grand celebrations, politics and bridge, all packed up nice and pretty and dumbed down in little words so they can understand it.
Nameless Employee: That's just what I'm talking about, we have a duty to bring them the unvarnished truth, just the facts! What we have been reporting it's more like... cheer-leading
Fearless Leader: Kid, before the news came along people relied on the Church to tell them what to think and how to act. Then the church fell out of favor and now we are king of the hill. It doesn't matter what we tell people as long as it's what they want to hear. If that means making stuff up, so what?
Nameless Employee: Sir! Haven't we been hammering the governments of the world because they don't tell the truth? If we start lying now... Sir, people are dying because of the stories we write!
Fearless Leader: Kid, people are stupid, like little kids. They will trust us because we are the new religion, we can do whatever we please. If some people die, so what? As long as the masses are happy that's what counts. Besides, it's not the same thing. When people die because we print something it's not our fault, remember, only governments are responsible for that stuff.
Nameless Employee: *aghast* You can't mean that, boss. It's hypocrisy; and the people are not as stupid as you think. They have the Internet, instant communications; more and more they are thinking for themselves. Look at all the blogs out there today, people in every corner of the globe are coming together.
Fearless Leader: *snort* Those idiots are a bit of a problem, but it's only a matter rooting out these so called bloggers and showing how only journalists can really bring the unwashed masses news.
Nameless Employee: That sounds like an inquisition. It's arrogant and abrasive and reeks of elitism.
Fearless Leader: What, you think they are better than us?
Nameless Employee:Sir, I'm leaving.
Fearless Leader: Whatever, kid.