It was going to be a stretch, but the alternative was silence.
And they could not. Not with the possibility that someplace, someone, was still listening.
After all, you never knew what people managed behind closed doors with all kinds of inventions that obscured their virtual footprints from those who’d mine their minds for false and profit.
Hadn’t there been exploitation in them, too? In their own broadcasts?
“We hold to truth,” Boss said.
And fastened onto truth, they nodded.
“Good evening, folks,” they said with tight smiles flickering. “We have the news. After which we will bid you goodbye.”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Na'ama Yehuda 
Oh well done, Na’ama! Subtle and not so subtle!
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I liked the idea of fastening onto truth
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Thank you, Neil! May more of us manage to!
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I wonder if this will happen one day. The mainstream news will just stop and let social media and Twitter take over, and then…
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Exactly Iain, what I had on my mind, and wondered about … Who knows, eh? Personally, twitter won’t do it for me, but as a whole, social media is taking a bigger ‘bite’ of communication than I am comfortable with … And the line between news and social media is getting blurrier all the time. …
Thankfully, though, there’s still The PBS Newshour!
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Once upon a time, in a land far far away…sigh. Well written. May there be…
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ah, thank you … And, may truth find a way.
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And then they were gone! Social media has replaced so much, so why not this?
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I know, right? I’m not sure how long we’ll have TV stuff that isn’t … well … virtual … But then again, who knows?
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Bid Goodbye, ack!
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Yeah … oh boy … 😉 Thank you for reading and commenting! 🙂
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If SM takes over, ugh not pretty. Although the news has become so opinionated, maybe it won’t make much difference. I just want balanced reporting.
Good job, N!
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There are still a few that are balanced, and they are getting rarer and rarer … But, yeah, I hear ya!
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But we can’t even rely on mainstream news to be unbiased, can we?
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Well, I think it is a matter of degree, which is why a broad approach (listening to more than one channel … and reading widely … and using good judgement and limiting social media as source ‘news’) is a good thing in general, and especially these days. I think one of the things to be careful about is NOT to become accustomed to listening only to one’s own echo chamber of those one ‘believes in’ but taking in a wider span of views. And … when it comes down to it, to be aware that we are none of us unbiased … We bring out biases to the table, too, so we best at least be aware of them, open to others pointing out our blind spots, and relying on facts and science and varied sources to make decisions.
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