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

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John thinks for a moment about the statements he wants to make.

1. Professor Drusilla's seen some of my private memories.
2. I have never dressed up as a woman.
3. My father and I get along extremely well.

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

#3's the lie

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John nods. "That was pretty easy."

[soldtoarmenians]

"You know, I should totally have used number 2 myself. And in no way because that would be my lie if I'd used it, I'm guessing that's yours."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John grins. "That person who looked like me but was a woman? Totally not me. And no one believes me. Dude, my thighs are not that big. So, not that's the truth," John says, even though it's a lie.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica gives Crichton a sweet smile.

"I'm gonna have to say #2 is the lie, Johnina."