THE BOOK OF THE VIP
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TV journalists become starsEric Crankcase and Chet Severedhead
Chapter 13
They will learn that the most important thing about journalism is to be on the air when something important is happening.
2One day, there will be a jrace between the two most powerful nations on earth to put a man on the moon,
3And TV journalists will be there,
4kFor every single launch,
5For years,
6Sitting at a big desk overlooking the launch pad,
7lSomewhat above it all,
8Because a journalist has to be able to see.
9mAnd people will come to trust and like them,
10Since the audience and their favorite TV journalists will have shared so many big moments together,
11And it will almost seem like it couldn’t have happened at all if the TV journalists hadn’t been sitting there above the launching pad,
12Somehow blessing it all,
13aA little like the pope waving from the Vatican balcony,
14No matter how silly that sounds.
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