I wasn't sure if I should have an option that implements state press outright, so I erred on the side of no and wrote option three instead. EDIT: It's been a few months, but we're back at it with this one!
[name] Keep Pressing On, @@LEADER@@!
[desc] Today's earlier press briefing resulted in a catastrophic public relations disaster for your administration. Multiple media outlets banded together to bombard your press secretary with a series of deliberate attempts designed to catch @@HIM(1)@@ off guard. During one particular heated exchange, your press secretary decided @@HE(1)@@ had enough and decided to quit.
[validity] doesn't have state press
[option] "@@HE(1)@@ was being eaten alive, I tell you!" shrieks your Communications Director, sweating profusely while suffering through a mild anxiety attack. "The @@ANIMAL@@ City Herald reporter was certainly out for blood! Today’s disaster weakened the integrity of our administration. We cannot have another mistake like this occur; you must get rid of press briefings all together!"
[effect] no one knows much about @@LEADER@@
[option] "Are you telling me that our precious @@LEADER@@ can't handle a few opposing opinions?" rhetorically asks @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ Costas, an outspoken critic of your administration. "This is just the sign of a healthy and free society. The @@DEMONYM@@ people deserve to hear the news straight from the source. It's not our fault your press secretary couldn’t handle it."
[effect] children mimic the hostility they see from news reporters
[option] You finally notice your former press secretary sitting the corner, fiercely scribbling something on an envelope. "No one told me this was going to be the worst job in @@CAPITAL@@," @@HE(1) mumbles. "Everything needs to be slowed down. Here," @@HE(1)@@ hands you the envelope, "give them this list of questions they can ask. Your next secretary will breeze through future briefings."
[effect] the lack of intelligent questions at press briefings leaves the common citizen in dismay
I'll update it tonight sometime.
