| In which the writer discusses how a generation raised to believe that Everything is Not What it Seems© and that Everything You've Ever Been Taught is a Lie© attempts to 'report' the news in a world where things actually are what they seem and where all those tiresome facts are in fact factual. |
A news hound from the station who was probably directly covering the movement asked for my comments on the subject, especially on the Emergency Rule imposed by the embattled government of General Parvez Musharraf.
I told her that I kind of supported the Emergency. She was clearly taken aback: "Please, can you repeat that?' I repeated myself, triggering an almost 5-second silence on the other end of the phone.