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up the ABO corporate ladder. Pity for someone other than himself. Seeing the young woman violently raped by the egomaniac Vice President had brought back feelings of guilt with some of his own actions and decisions over the years. Not acts of violence as he had just witnessed. But instead, of being actively complicit to a CEO and Board of Directors who tacitly conveyed a message of “the end justifies the means” in accomplishing a larger and greater global good.
Jeff sat back in his chair and thought how far he had come, and sank, from his college years majoring in journalism. As a 21 year old graduating senior he had told himself back then that first and foremost he would use his sharpened and honed journalistic skills to produce honest and accurate work to his readership, whomever that would be. “Where did I go off track?” he said to himself.
As he pondered this last question his cell phone rang. He looked down and saw it was Christos Grivas. He let the phone ring three more times before he had composed himself enough to hit the answer button and tell Mr. Grivas what he had just w atched.
Chapter 18 (March 4, Tuesday 10:00am Mountain Daylight Savings Time)
Dave was sitting behind his desk reviewing a patent application that his company was filing on a new biological threat sensor that used nano-scale lasers when his phone rang. It was Dana.
“Hey Dana,” answered Dave. “How are you doing this fine winter morning?”
“Not so good,” replied Dana. “I just came out of a meeting with Jeff. Suffice it to say he was non-committal at this point in running or even reporting the video. He claimed he is concerned about the recordings authenticity.”
“I’m not surprised,” interjected Dave.
“He said he would let me know next week if he’ll run it, or bury it, but I’m not hopeful. He also asked me to turn over all copies of the video to him to ensure ABO had exclusivity to it. I agreed I would give him my backup copy knowing you had the original.”
“Sounds like he plans to bury it,” responded Dave. “But that’s fine. The story will be told, with or without his and ABO’s senior management’s help.”
“It’s not fine,” replied Dana. “I just can’t believe that Jeff would do this. Any respect I had for him has totally vaporized.”
“Dana, keep in mind who his boss is, and who the majority stock holder is in ABO,” responded Dave. “I’ll bet he had very little choice in the matter. To be honest, I expected this response. And, they haven’t officially said no yet. We’ll just have to wait it out a week to see what we’re really up against.”
“I could see it in his eyes Dave,” replied Dana. “Jeff’s words were saying it’s possible they will run it, but his eyes were clearly relaying a different message. You could tell he was nervous and uncomfortable talking to me. He could barely look up at me when he spoke. He was guilty. ABO’s going to bury it.”
“Fine, we will give them a week,” said Dave. “If they don’t run it, we’ll go to plan B a little sooner than I anticipated having to do so. We’ve been working on something new here at NSurv that will render ABO, and its wayward media brethren, irrelevant. Once again it’s time the public be regularly informed of objective and newsworthy information, such as is the case with this report on the Vice President. Maybe then the public will begin to make smarter decisions in the voting booth.”
“What are you specifically saying Dave?” asked Dana.
“For now,” replied Dave hesitantly, “someone else is going to need to step up and serve as the fourth branch of government in our
Jeff sat back in his chair and thought how far he had come, and sank, from his college years majoring in journalism. As a 21 year old graduating senior he had told himself back then that first and foremost he would use his sharpened and honed journalistic skills to produce honest and accurate work to his readership, whomever that would be. “Where did I go off track?” he said to himself.
As he pondered this last question his cell phone rang. He looked down and saw it was Christos Grivas. He let the phone ring three more times before he had composed himself enough to hit the answer button and tell Mr. Grivas what he had just w atched.
Chapter 18 (March 4, Tuesday 10:00am Mountain Daylight Savings Time)
Dave was sitting behind his desk reviewing a patent application that his company was filing on a new biological threat sensor that used nano-scale lasers when his phone rang. It was Dana.
“Hey Dana,” answered Dave. “How are you doing this fine winter morning?”
“Not so good,” replied Dana. “I just came out of a meeting with Jeff. Suffice it to say he was non-committal at this point in running or even reporting the video. He claimed he is concerned about the recordings authenticity.”
“I’m not surprised,” interjected Dave.
“He said he would let me know next week if he’ll run it, or bury it, but I’m not hopeful. He also asked me to turn over all copies of the video to him to ensure ABO had exclusivity to it. I agreed I would give him my backup copy knowing you had the original.”
“Sounds like he plans to bury it,” responded Dave. “But that’s fine. The story will be told, with or without his and ABO’s senior management’s help.”
“It’s not fine,” replied Dana. “I just can’t believe that Jeff would do this. Any respect I had for him has totally vaporized.”
“Dana, keep in mind who his boss is, and who the majority stock holder is in ABO,” responded Dave. “I’ll bet he had very little choice in the matter. To be honest, I expected this response. And, they haven’t officially said no yet. We’ll just have to wait it out a week to see what we’re really up against.”
“I could see it in his eyes Dave,” replied Dana. “Jeff’s words were saying it’s possible they will run it, but his eyes were clearly relaying a different message. You could tell he was nervous and uncomfortable talking to me. He could barely look up at me when he spoke. He was guilty. ABO’s going to bury it.”
“Fine, we will give them a week,” said Dave. “If they don’t run it, we’ll go to plan B a little sooner than I anticipated having to do so. We’ve been working on something new here at NSurv that will render ABO, and its wayward media brethren, irrelevant. Once again it’s time the public be regularly informed of objective and newsworthy information, such as is the case with this report on the Vice President. Maybe then the public will begin to make smarter decisions in the voting booth.”
“What are you specifically saying Dave?” asked Dana.
“For now,” replied Dave hesitantly, “someone else is going to need to step up and serve as the fourth branch of government in our
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