America 1982

"So, you are telling me now that if the President wants to know the latest news, he has to contact the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier through the Pentagon Navy Department. Now, any ordinary person in the United States can get more information than the President just by turning on the TV. News?" White House Press Secretary and Spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater had a rare stern look on his chubby face, and in a low and serious voice, he stared at White House Press Relations Assistant James Salina in front of him and asked:

"Although there are still two weeks until I leave the White House with Mr. President, before that day officially comes, I promise to kick you out in a panic! Because you are making me miserable now!"

"The incident happened suddenly. Marin, the Associated Press received news from the Pentagon and immediately spread the news. Normally, the Associated Press should be the fastest news organization on the planet to get news." Responsible for helping the White House James, the press relations assistant who collects global news inquiries, said with a bitter look on his face: "I promise to contact you without any delay."

"The president and I both saw that Associated Press dispatch, which was just a dry sentence. You asked me, as the spokesman, to use that dry sentence to deal with the reporters outside who seemed to be in collective heat because of the news. They? I know without trying that my old bones will never be able to withstand their ravages!" Marin ignored Larry's defense and said aggressively:

"Besides, that's not the point. One sentence is enough to hold an impromptu briefing, but that is under the condition of maintaining speed first, but what now?"

As he spoke, he grabbed the remote control and turned up the volume on the TV.

On VOX News Channel, the host is currently discussing this emergency incident with reporters on the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier and an expert on North African issues from a think tank.

"Obviously, the Associated Press is not the first one this time! If I use a quick news to deal with those reporters who are in heat, everyone will know that the White House is not even as fast as a private TV network to get the news!" Marin complained angrily. road.

Dealing with sharp-tongued reporters is no easy task. Even though he has been dealing with journalists all his life and has been a journalist for many years, he is still often left speechless when asked by his colleagues.

Larry defended next to him: "I understand, but this VOX News is just lucky. Their reporters got permission from the Department of the Navy to shoot news materials documenting the life of the U.S. Navy during the cruise of the USS Kennedy. They just happened to meet this time. Military conflict, so I got the opportunity to premiere in the world."

"I don't care if it's good luck or not. Where is Plan B that we used to deal with this situation before? Quietly call VOX's White House reporter in and ask him to give me some more detailed details. In exchange, I will hold a press conference next time. I will give VOX several more opportunities to ask questions. In short, I cannot let reporters who know more information than me by watching VOX news live besiege and kill me on the stage!"

"VOX... does not have a reporter stationed in the White House, and we have not issued licenses to their reporters, so... the regular Plan B plan cannot be established." James lowered his head in despair: "It is a newly established news network, requesting dispatch The application for reporters to be stationed in the White House is still under review..."

Marin laughed angrily at the answer given by James: "This news network announced the news faster than the Associated Press, and then it is not qualified to enter the White House? Do you want it to step on the White House and become famous? It's The boss is as damn Canadian as you? Canadians have humiliated the White House before, and now you want VOX to do it again?”

"Mr. Fitzwater?" A middle-aged woman dressed as a secretary hurried over and handed a stack of documents to Marin: "Kenneth from the office asked me to send it over. He thought you were in the White House briefing later. It should come in handy for the press conference.”

As Marin opened the information, he asked: "If it is conventional information, I don't think it can be used much. This is a temporary military operation. The Pentagon did not expect Gaddafi to let fighter jets take off to intercept us. reconnaissance aircraft."

"This is not regular information, but something that was just sent to me. Charles Salmon, a former intern who worked as a summer intern at the White House, was sent by his mentor this information about this incident that he got from VOX News Network. I have called the Pentagon’s Department of the Navy for detailed information about the incident, including some figures that involve details, and the other party confirmed that it is true. He said that VOX does not have a White House reporter, so he can only submit the information himself, hoping it will be helpful to the White House." The female secretary said to Marin said.

Marin immediately raised his head, stared at the other person in shock and asked, "How did his mentor get it?"

"The expert who is preparing to comment at VOX at this time is his mentor." The female secretary tilted her head towards the TV and reminded.

"Who invited this kid to come to the White House for an internship? Be sure to remember to thank him for me! Kelly!" Marin breathed a sigh of relief, carefully put away the documents, and walked quickly towards his office, preparing to let the editor Quickly draft your own speech based on this information.

Seeing James standing there with a gloomy face, he growled in a low voice: "Are you staying here to prepare to observe a moment of silence for Gaddafi? Give me the fastest time to pass the VOX application! The other party has released its goodwill , don’t be stingy in giving back!”

Before James could take a step, the host on the TV had cut off the connection and announced to the camera:

“We have invited our guest, Professor Adrian Hillen, PhD in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, professor at Yale University, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Institute of Foreign Policy, and expert in international relations, to give us an update after the connection. Situation analysis.”

When Marin heard the name, he turned his head and glanced at the TV screen with a relaxed face and said: "Adrian, this old guy, is really cunning and has seized a good opportunity. I guess that among the new president's advisers, he can already Lock in a position.”

At the same time, the tension in his heart also dissipated a lot. He knew the guest on VOX at the moment and had met him many times. Adrian Hillen is a veteran think tank member of the conservative Republican Party and the new national security assistant to the president. A strong contender, one of Vice President George Bush's staff, is unlikely to deliberately grandstand and make remarks that disparage the administration and embarrass the president.

But before he could finish speaking, the host immediately spoke with joy: "I just received news that local journalists employed by VOX in North Africa are risking being arrested by the Libyan government on espionage charges. The studio sent a telephone connection, and he should be able to bring more accurate news to those of us who are paying attention to this conflict."

Marin simply sat down in his seat and stared at the screen intently.

The female secretary saw Ma Lin's actions and reminded: "Ma Lin, it's time for you to prepare for the briefing conference."

Marin sighed: "Let's prepare for it. Let's go after watching the news. Anyway, those reporters must be in the conference room doing the same thing as me. VOX, it's not just good luck. Good luck doesn't happen temporarily. Find local employees to help send back updates.”

"How is Libya now, Hughes?" the host asked.

No picture of Libya was visible, only the reporter's voice rang on the phone: "Hello, Merriman, I am now in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Just now, Gaddafi gave a national address. He said that the Americans invaded Libya for no reason. airspace and shot down two unarmed Libyan reconnaissance aircraft.”

"Kelly! Go tell Mr. President and his chief of staff that Gaddafi is lying!" Marin jumped up from his seat with agility that did not fit his body and walked quickly outside: "He lied. We won! The last time I know of a reporter from an American news agency taking a risk was when an AP reporter infiltrated the Soviet Union! Thanks VOX!"

…

At 2.24 pm, Wolf's eyes were fixed on the TV screen. On the anchor desk in front of the screen, the host was still talking to a North African research expert from the Center for Peace Studies, a Washington think tank, and a VOX reporter on the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier. Switch connections.

Next to Wolf, the stylist was helping Adrian Hillen, the senior adviser on international security issues at the Peace Research Center and the vice chairman of the board of directors of the Foreign Policy Institute who came all the way from Philadelphia, quickly apply makeup for the camera to ensure that the other party was waiting. The image below when he was a guest in the studio looked more vivid.

Adrian Hillen, as a member of the conservative think tank of the American Republican Party, is a strong contender for the position of national security adviser to the incoming new US President Bush. If he can come to the hall, Charles Salmon, a student The face is obviously not enough.

The main reason why the other party was able to appear in the studio of VOX News Network headquarters in Washington was that at 11.43 noon, the world's largest news agency, the Associated Press, called and asked to become a corporate subscriber of VOX News Network in order to use the sudden news of VOX News Network. Send news materials.

The Associated Press subscribes to VOX, which does not bring much revenue to VOX. As a news media company, the subscription fee is 30,000 yuan per week, which seems much higher than the 20 cents per month for ordinary people, but it is a high cost. In return, the Associated Press has the right to quote the news text and images published by VOX News Network this week in its own news.

Wolf was shocked that the reason why experts like Adrian could come forward was not because VOX earned AP’s 30,000-dollar weekly subscription fee, but because VOX News Network was the first Associated Press outlet in the United States. A cable television network subscribed to in the name of a business.

Yes, before VOX, no matter whether it was the three major American television networks, the FOX television network, or even the CNN News Network and the hundreds of American television stations that were about to run out of funds and were unsustainable, there had never been any cases of AP extortion. Money comes out to subscribe to them.

The Associated Press can be seen as a union of all well-known newspapers and radio stations in the United States. From the day it was founded, the newspaper publishers have joined forces to monopolize news, and then sell it as exclusive news to newspapers that have not joined the Associated Press. , and later with the emergence of radio stations, radio industry tycoons were also attracted and gradually grew. Today, nearly 200 reporter stations have been opened in more than 70 countries, providing detailed information to nearly a thousand large newspapers and periodicals around the world. For press releases and news information, based on a weekly subscription fee of 30,000, one thousand copies is a subscription fee of 30 million.

Such a behemoth, which has been making money from monopolizing the sale of exclusive news since 1846, has actually become a corporate subscriber of VOX News Network!

This is tantamount to publicly admitting that there is a problem with the slow timeliness of their own news, and they need to rely on paying a subscription fee to obtain the right to use it to reprint VOX news!

With subscriptions from the Associated Press and guest comments from experts on international issues, Wolf felt that this increase in subscribers exceeded 10 million without any pressure. He even couldn’t help but pray that Libya would declare war on the United States immediately, so that the Kennedy reporters can bring back more news exclusively.

Although VOX News Network has just launched, the subscription is a bit miserable, but the hardware is extremely superior. It has rented three satellite lines to ensure that subscribers around the world can watch in a timely manner. This is the reason why Adrian Hillenken appeared in the guest seat. In the past, I mostly wrote articles for the Associated Press and published the world's international situation in major newspapers and periodicals, but words are not as vivid and convincing as videos and images, so I learned that VOX asked experts from the Peace Research Center to comment on the phone. At the time, Adrian Hillen immediately realized that this was an opportunity to show his ability and eloquence to the people around the world who were paying attention to the situation in Libya.

He immediately decided to attend the show and speak out without agreeing on an appearance fee.

"It's time for you to change to a more professional host." He sat calmly on the makeup chair, staring at the TV screen, letting the stylist do the work for him, and said to Wolf Tucker next to him. : "The editors also need to change some, and the questions they ask are like children playing house."

VOX's young news anchor Merriman Thomas has not yet realized that he has been suggested to be fired by the guest who is about to appear. He is preparing to welcome the guest on stage according to the director's request: "OK, thank you to our reporters. Now, let's go back to the studio. In response to today’s breaking news in the Mediterranean, we invited Professor Adrian Hillen, a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Institute of Foreign Policy, and an international relations expert, to give us a detailed introduction to why this happened. This conflict, and whether a new overseas war awaits the United States."

Adrian, a man with silvery white hair, walked into the studio and sat in the guest seat. When he saw the camera pointed at him, he didn't say a word. He looked at the camera with calm eyes and said:

"As for the illegal intrusion of U.S. fighter jets into the country's territorial waters and airspace mentioned by Libya, I would like to explain that in fact, the U.S. government has never recognized the Gulf of Sidra as Libya's territorial waters. This conflict was just a U.S. warship on the high seas. It was a last resort counterattack after being intercepted by two Libyan fighter jets during normal navigation and showing hostility."

The young host was so shocked by what Adrian said directly that he was almost stunned on the spot!

Now, apart from announcing that it had shot down two MiG-23 fighter jets that tried to attack its own reconnaissance aircraft, the U.S. government has not made any relevant speech. As a result, the professor in front of him directly gave his attitude to the global audience before the government?

Fortunately, the director immediately gave a prompt. The host was just about to follow the prompts on the prompt board and start asking relevant questions. The director's face lit up and he immediately used the microphone to give the host the latest news.

Just when Adrian thought that the host had forgotten his words, the host suddenly said with joy: "This is the VOX news studio. We have just received news that local journalists employed by VOX in North Africa are risking being The Libyan government sent a phone line to the studio due to the risk of arrest for espionage, and he should be able to bring more accurate news to those of us who are paying attention to this conflict."

Wolfe wanted to rush out of the headquarters in excitement, stand on the street and roar!

If, now, newspapers around the world rely on the Associated Press to supply news items, then in the future, all TV stations in the world will choose VOX to supply the latest graphic news!

"Wolf, call Tommy after he has asked you to do your work." The secretary came over and said to Wolfe, who had been suppressing his excitement for too long.

While Wolfe took the mobile phone from his secretary, he asked his secretary: "Tommy? What happened? Isn't he in Los Angeles with his girlfriend?"

The secretary shook his head, indicating that he was unclear, and just smiled and said: "Tommy said he wanted to ask you, are you ready to suffocate for your dreams again?"

"Again?" Wolfe was stunned.