Chapter 272 Battle for the Cape 15 (1/2)

Chapter 272 Battle for the Cape 15

At 8 p with citizens and reporters ere on strike They raised their signs and shouted their slogans Most of the signs were against Captain Gordon, like Gordon Step Down', 'Gordon Must Go', and so on Others included 'Police, do your duty', 'Get lost, Batman', and 'Kill the criminals' When Gordon appeared, the reporters pounced at hihts at him, and sharp questions were directed at Gordon

”I hear that another fifteen officers have handed in their badges today Is that true?”

”How long will it take for the city to be safe again?”

”Who will be responsible for the bank heist failure?”

”How do you plan to answer to the families of the dead officers? How did that John Doe slip away from the officers?”

”Sir, has the criminal force infiltrated the police?”

”Are the police threatened by the criminals?”

”Captain Gordon, is it about time for you to consider retirement?”

In this world, many people saw theht that they were doing such is in their lives Actually, it was all sht

In Aht that they could change the world by directing the societal conversation They saw themselves as better than the public and hadthese irresponsible statee and expertise to twist the truth to gain a higher station in life, more clicks, and better benefits For that, they would not hesitate to ruin other people's reputations and lives

In other people's eyes, these people were like conceited de, they believed they were doing the world a service But in reality, they were not better than anyone else; it was just an illusion When these people came from behind the camera and turned from the interviewer to the interviewee, they would realize what they had been doing When their sate discussion was taken away, under the cover of concern, they were nothing but a bunch of instigators These people had existed since the dark ages and were described in the bible as the one of the signs of the rapture

When these people placed their own perspective onto other people, they forgot the true nature of their occupation as an observer When a reporter crossed the invisible line, they would only go further until they became a liar, a fabricator ould stoop to the lowest level to gain profit Most of the reporters in Gothaards to the people at Gotham, as Maupassant put it in The Horla, ”People are like a flock of sheep, now steadily patient, now in ferocious revolt Say to it: 'Aht with your neighbor,' and it goes and fights Say to it: 'Vote for the Emperor,' and it votes for the Emperor; then say to it: 'Vote for the Republic,' and it votes for the Republic

”Those who direct it are stupid, too; but instead of obeying men they obey principles, a course which can only be foolish, ineffective, and false, for the very reason that principles are ideas which are considered as certain and unchangeable, whereas in this world one is certain of nothing, since light is an illusion and noise is deception”