The responses of the other jounos in that newsroom are exactly why what Mika did is so necessary. What they are, in effect, saying is, 'We comply and don't make waves and do what we're expected to do and certainly don't question.' And, astoundingly, if you question the way Mika did, you're not even a journalist !! Whoever controls the definitions, controls some of the action.

Does that remind anyone of any state and any period ?

If the responses I've got at work are anything to go by, there's a load of difference between the publics on either side the pond.

One was 'Will she lose her job?'

Another was, 'Is Paris so terrible?'

Lot of quietism in the UK.

And have any of those who've contacted the station had a reply? (But then, did you enclose an sae?)





      Ivor