THE BOOK OF THE VIP
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The TV journalists explain everythingThe truth can’t hide from TV
Chapter 21
And some of them will even put on lsafari jackets,
2And report fearlessly from the front,
3Wherever that is,
4Night after night,
5So that everyone in the TV audience can learn exactly what war is,
6And what it looks like when children die from gunshot wounds,
7And mines,
8And incendiary bombs,
9And what it looks like when there’s real fighting,
10Within range of the TV cameras,
11And what it looks like when it’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on,
12mIn just twenty-two minutes a night.
13nBut they’ll still be as stentorian as anyone could want,
14And explain everything,
15oSo that every single person in the TV audience can make up their own mind.
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