"We caught the big news you wanted." Ryan said to Swift, "But the editor-in-chief can't like this news." "Yes." "I can go over and take pictures of the tragedy at the scene, and then we can talk about this The Chinese did it.¡± Swift was silent about Lane¡¯s suggestion. Ryan quietly waited for his partner¡¯s decision. Finally, Swift said: "I have done a lot of distorted reporting in my life, but I have always believed that those reports did not violate my bottom line. But this time I can't justify the mass murder of my own people - and it's The women of the same race cover up their crimes. "So we report the facts?" Swift hesitated again. When he hesitated this time, the Arabs who ran towards the south after shooting the women of the same race were chased by the banshee in the sky. Go up and bring it down with the cannon. Ryan decisively captured this scene. And Swift made her decision. "We will report the facts." As soon as they finished speaking, unfamiliar English came from behind them: "Hands up, don't kill!" Swift quickly raised his hands, then slowly turned around, so He saw the faces of the Asian men who pointed guns at him and his partner. It was really a face full of stupidity, but the soldier's expression was murderous, which was very contradictory to his appearance, giving people a very weird feeling. "We are reporters" As soon as Swift started speaking, he was interrupted by the soldier speaking in Chinese. It seemed that he only knew the English sentence "raise your hands and surrender your gun without killing". Swift had no choice but to keep his hands raised and wait for the officer who knew English to come over. Sure enough, an officer arrived more than ten minutes later. "We are American journalists," Swift said to the officer. "We are here to collect news. I hope you can guarantee our personal safety." "Of course," the officer nodded very readily, "protect foreign countries in the Persian Gulf. Human security is our country¡¯s commitment, at least for now.¡± The implication is clear, and Swift also knows that the momentum for U.S. action in the Persian Gulf is becoming more and more obvious. Maybe in the next month, the U.S. will take action. There is going to be a war with the Chinese Republic of Mesopotamia in the Persian Gulf. By then, of course, the government and the army of the Republic will no longer be able to guarantee the safety of foreigners in the Persian Gulf¡ªat least not the safety of Americans. "It's no longer safe here," the officer continued, "please evacuate with us." "Will you evacuate?" "Of course, we are attacking here just to clean up the pirates. When we finish the attack on the pirates in the town, After the stored weapons and other supplies are collected and destroyed, they will be evacuated immediately, which will not take long." As soon as the officer finished speaking, there was a loud noise in the town. Swift turned around and saw the sound. A huge dust cloud was slowly rising. "That is our blasting work on the pirate ammunition depot. Later we will also destroy the pirate's oil storage equipment and set fire to all the pirate ships. We will complete this in about an hour. At that time, please follow us to retreat. "Where are the residents of the town?" Swift couldn't help but ask. "We believe that all the pirates were killed in the firefight with us just now, and the rest should be innocent people. We will not do anything to them. You may wish to confirm this with your own eyes." Si Swift nodded thoughtfully. ? ** Two weeks later, Swift finally went to Europe and finally returned to the United States on a newly opened transoceanic flight. On the day he returned to the United States, Swift was welcomed. People who came to pick him up at the airport called him a human rights activist. Swift himself had no idea what was going on and was welcomed back to the newspaper office in a daze. In the newspaper office, he received an even grander welcome. The newspaper office specially pulled up a banner in the editorial room. All colleagues who were working stopped what they were doing and stood up to applaud him. "Congratulations," Kelly, the office beauty who had been ignoring Swift before, took the initiative to come up and shake hands with Swift, "This time the Pulitzer Prize belongs to you." "Wait a minute, what is going on? "What's going on?" "Your report," Kelly said while throwing a glare at Swift, "Your report was carried by all the newspaper headlines. Now the whole United States is calling for intervention in the Persian Gulf. Stop it. What¡¯s happening there is a humanitarian disaster.¡± Before Swift returned home, his report was sent back to the newspaper by fax along with Ryan¡¯s photo. It seems that that report attracted widespread attention. "So we are going to fight the Arabs?" Office Flower frowned: "What are you talking about? Of course we are going to stop the evil behavior of those Asians." "Wait a minute, give me an article The newspaper I reported in that issue. " Swift's colleague immediately handed him a copy. He glanced at it and saw the huge headline on the front page: Devil from Asia, Tragedy near the Persian Gulf. The picture accompanying the title is not the photo that Lane took of the guerrillas massacring women by themselves, but the scene of the Banshee shooting at the guerrillas who started to run away after massacring the women. Below this photo, there is a photo of the massacre scene that Lane later took. Tragic photos. The two photos were placed together, which obviously constituted a kind of misleading, giving Swift an unknown premonition. Sure enough, the content of the report was completely different from what Swift wrote. The whole article did not mention the practices of the guerrillas, but made a lot of empty talk. This is a normal means of guiding public opinion. Nowhere in the entire news article does it say that the Chinese massacred the women and children in the photo. It just generally says that the Chinese have started killing people. This is not a lie, because the Chinese are indeed killing people. They went on a killing spree, and it was impossible to guarantee that no civilians would be killed during the bombing. But this article, taken together with these pictures, creates the impression that the Chinese are massacring women and children. Swift is very familiar with this method. The American news industry has used this method to guide public opinion for many years. Every reporter understands it and uses it extremely skillfully. Their skill level is much higher than that of their counterparts in other countries. Went. Swift¡¯s hands were shaking slightly. "Calm down, partner." Photographer Ryan reminded in a low voice, "You and I both knew it would be like this, didn't we?" "Yes, yes." Swift's voice sounded very bad, it could be Imagine how devastated he was at this moment. "Can we open the champagne?" At this time, an ignorant colleague asked. Swift put down the newspaper and said in a tired tone: "I'm a little tired, let me go home and rest first." "But the editor-in-chief asked me to let you see him as soon as you arrive." Kelly said, "Want me to inform the editor-in-chief for you that you don't want to go?" Swift hesitated for a moment before shaking his head: "No, I'll go right away."