"Now," the rotund journalist said to the TV representative sitting across from him at a small table in her office. "We know what to expect from some vote-hustling politician or community activist aspiring to one day be sitting in the White House. Most protesters know that they're in a worthless subculture -- that's the core of their problem -- but we stay away from that angle. They play that -- quote unquote -- 'we-is-so-persecuted' card and if we ride that train it sells newspapers," he said and slapped the newspaper he held in his left hand.
"They advocate breaking the peace and the police are authorized to maintain the peace. It's a gold mine for us," the TV representative said. She was thin, with short brown hair, and wore no makeup on her solemn face. "They're easily manipulated and love to see themselves on TV, so our pictures showing one being grappled by several police -- we edit out the protester's provocation, his or her face screwed up wild and crazy screaming in the face of the police officer . . ."
"It's momentary gratification for one of them to be seen by the public as a poor, innocent 'abused' one by the police, but ultimately it's not worth anything, not changing anything except worsening attitudes towards them. It's their responsibility to correct their shortcomings; ours is to exploit what we need to sale papers or draw attention to our TV news of their rioting -- always portraying them as the innocent victims incapable of breaking any law or of making a mistake or of lying."
"That's guaranteed to keep us in business."
"Isis must love them."
"Now if we could insinuate a connection there . . ."
"Think of how many more people we could have reading my newspaper and watching your TV news."
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