The offices of The New Amsterdam Daily
Tuesday, 9:30 AM
Editor-in-chief/Publisher, James Solomon
"GRAAAAAAANT!" bellowed the less-than-calm publisher. The reason for his distress? He had just read a story about sharks sightings in New York Harbor. Although he was willing to print less-than-accurate sensationalist stories, he stayed away from reputation-eroding fabricated stories. The shark story was just that. As Tim Grant walked in James' office, Solomon exclaimed; "Isn't it your job to look for things like this!? This is bull, the only sharks in New York Harbor are loan sharks!" Just as Grant was about to explain that the story never crossed his desk, a young intern rushed in and said: "Umm, Mr. Solomon, I-" "Can't you see I'm busy here Roger?, or what ever your name is!" interrupted James Solomon. "Yes sir, sorry" responded the intern, whose real name was Liam. By now Solomon had forgotten what he was going to say, because he had a staff meeting at 9:45. He had to assign each reporter a part of the election to cover. "The staff meeting!" blurted Solomon. "I gotta get the assignments together!" he continued. Luckily his old friend had remembered James' forgetfulness. "I've got those for you right here James" said Tim in his thick Scottish accent that made the 's' sound like 'sh'. "Thanks, pal. Now, go check some facts or something." said Solomon.
Fact-checker, Tim Grant
His office
"Sharks in New York Harbor, what ever will they come up with next?" said Tim Grant to himself. Meanwhile Liam the intern went up to Tim's office, and said: "Ok, someone's got to hear this. You know Roy Greenfield, the candidate?" Tim nodded. "Well, his campaign just sent an e-mail asking about who we would endorse for the election. I mean, that's practically asking for an endorsement." Liam said. "This paper must remain unbiased. We shouldn't endorse any candidate." (of course to Liam it sounded like he said: "Thish paper mush't remain unbiash'd, we shouldn't endorsh any candidate"). "That's Mr. Solomon's call though, right?" responded the young intern. "Yes, it is. I can only hope he makes the right decision." Tim said. With that, Liam went off to make some coffee. Tim then sorted through all the other stories that were on his desk that morning. None of them met his strict standards. After check his watch, he marched off to the staff meeting. "Liam, tell everyone coming in this morning that James Solomon wants them in the boardroom". Liam nodded, and ran off downstairs to the bullpen, where the motley band of writers, and reporters would come in.