Journalism Class - Thursday October 20

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Spider is staring suspiciously at a bowl of cold cereal which is resting on the center of his desk. Beside it sits a box with a goofy looking cartoon character with a large, blue hat. Waiting until his students are mostly settled, he finally looks up to address them.

"We've dealt with a number of shifts in personality, disguises, extreme body modification and outright impersonations since the beginning of the term. A surprisingly small number of people have questioned any of these things or even caught on to them in a timely fashion and I'm becoming somewhat disappointed in the way that you, aspiring journalists, have ceased to question some of these issues. Professor Williams is a very good case in point. Mugged, impersonated...." Spider shook his head sadly. "You're supposed to be journalists, people whose job it is to get to the heart and truth of the matter, not only to expose the truth... but to discover the lies."

He prodded cautiously at the bowl, which continued to do nothing. "Exposing the hidden truth is the very heart of journalism. Reading the subtext, hearing the things which aren't said, learning to pick and choose the things that are true from an interview or investigation are what I'm supposed to be teaching you. I want every student today to make three statements. Two of them should be true, one of them should be false - all should be plausible. I want each student to examine the statements made by the others and decide which is the false statement."

Comments

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

uhhhh.... *thinks, very, very hard*

I aint never killed no one.
I dont like messin with guys.
My faverate thing to do is with Vera.

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce glances at Jayne and snorts. "First.. who's Vera?"

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

My faverate gun?

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce eyes Jayne slowly, "Well, let's work this out.. If your favorite thing to do is with your gun, and you don't like messing with guys, it makes it almost improbably that you've never killed anyone. If you've never killed anyone, and you don't like messing with guys, well, that'd make for an awfully lonely shoot, now wouldn't it. Whereas a guy who likes to play with guns and hasn't killed anyone must by perforce like to mess with guys. Obvious overcompensation."

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

huh?

[soldtoarmenians]

[ooc- *approving snicker* You make me want to build those little logic squares. If Mr. A lives next to Mr. B. but not across the street from Ms. C, and the person who lives across the street from Ms. C. is a man, but does not live next to Mr. A, then who put the overall in Mrs. Murphy's chowder?"]

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

(ooc: *G* yes.)

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"The first one's the lie, maybe?"

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*smirks*

[soldtoarmenians]

"Pretty sure number two is the lie, but I'm cheating there, 'cause I actually pay attention to things I hear around here, believe it or not. Even if my test scores don't show it."

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

Im gonna hit ya if ya push that one...

Just ask George about my tastes.
My gun aint my faverate thing.
George *is*

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander holds up both hands. "Hey, not pushing. Nothing saying I heard right." He grins. "And definitely not saying you have bad taste."

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*smirks*
Glad we cleared that up.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"I am taking a wild guess that #3 is the lie."

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

yeah... Id rather be with George.

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

I'm going with three.

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*grins at him*

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Does that grin mean I got it right or that you're planing my dismemberment as we speak?

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

I figured you'd be able to know what the truth was, cause there are some things in life better then guns...