Imagined dialogue last night in the newsroom

Larry Alexander: “I guess we ought to do a story on the mold at our hotel

Ray Shaw: “Are you crazy? We are already being forced to take five days off without pay and they laid off the staff and you want to write a negative story about the hotel?!”

Larry: “But Ray, WGAL did the story at the 6 o’clock news last night—including the video”

Ray: “That bastard Paul Quinn—I thought he was on board with the convention center! Since the center open he doesn’t feel like he has to hide any of the negative stuff anymore! OK—fine. Just don’t make it a long story and make sure you cover our butts!”

Larry: “I know, I will get a mold expert and—”

Ray: “Forget getting our expert, just quote from the video you made of WGAL broadcast.”

Larry: “WGAL was wrong, the mold problem was happening last December because of the underground stream they broke into we need to—”

Ray: “ARE YOU CRAZY?! GET OUT OF MY OFFICE NOW AND WRITE A SHORT STORY. GET TOM SMITHGALL TO APPROVE EVERYTHING!”

SLAM!

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