Chapter 21
And some of them will even put on safari jackets,
2 And report fearlessly from the front,
3 Wherever that is,
4 Night after night,
5 So that everyone in the TV audience can learn exactly what
war is,
6 And what it looks like when children die from gunshot wounds,
7 And mines,
8 And incendiary bombs,
9 And what it looks like when there's real fighting,
10 Within range of the TV cameras,
11 And what it looks like when it's hard to tell exactly what's
going on,
12 In just twenty-two minutes a night.
13 But they'll still be as stentorian as anyone could want,
14 And explain everything,
15 So that every single person in the TV audience can make up
their own mind...
Chapter 24
And who knows just what the people would do,
2 If they weren't there,
3 Through all the bad times,
4 And the tragic times,
5 To explain that it's all happened before,
6 And will probably get worse,
7 Because everyone is lying,
8 Except the TV journalists,
9 Who are wise enough to see through it all,
10 And put it all on tape,
11 In living color,
12 And read the whole story into the camera,
13 Like a friendly sharp-fanged uncle,
14 Night after night after night,
15 Because the awful truth can never hide from the power of TV,
16 As long as they can have their twenty-two minutes a night. |
