LIARS the News Industry

LIARS

  The News Industry

  Frank B. Thompson, III

  This is a work of fiction. All the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously.

  Copyright © 2014 Frank B. Thompson, III

  All rights reserved.

  Printed in the United States of America

  ISBN-10: 1499601255

  ISBN-13: 978-1499601251

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

  DEDICATION

  NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

  prologue

  day of reckoning

  four years earlier

  the capitalists

  coming storm

  rescue operation

  cpac

  the raid

  future president

  first logical steps

  grilled on the hill

  the campaign begins

  plans discovered

  mole

  election approaches

  publishers threatened

  martinez wins!

  mckinley’s last order

  last mission as americans

  d-day+

  future partners meet

  saving his team

  assassinations

  going rogue

  unlikely allies

  breaking scandal

  fallout of election

  it’s a go!

  chatter

  unthinkable occurs

  the hours following

  the days following

  epilogue

  about the author

  other books by author

  connect with author

  DEDICATION

  To my wife, daughter and those who keep them safe, so that my daughter can grow up and experience what it is like to be an American. For my parents who taught me what should truly be valued in life, and beyond.

  NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

  “Only God gets it right the first time.” [Stephen King]

  My sojourn into writing began many moons ago, in the 60s, before long hair, marijuana, surfing, driving and girls had come on the scene. The 60s was an era when the musical duo Simon and Garfunkel, the television show Kung Fu and the comedy hour of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In were in vogue for teens my age. It was before Woodstock, so you were either a jock, hoodlum, cool, uncool, popular, a wallflower, a nerd, or a brainier type who learned Latin, while the rest of us took Español.

  I was sitting at a desk peeking out at freedom from a third-story window, so the tardy bell would have by that time sounded, followed by the English teacher closing the one and only doorway of escape. I was a straight-A student at the time, so it wasn’t like I hated school...just English.

  The hour slowly ticked by as the red second hand of the wall-mounted Simplex chronograph advanced with that hesitating, analog motion. As the minute hand closed in on the end of the period, Mrs. Goldberg announced she would be reading a short story from one of her students, someone in one of her five classes who deserved meritorious mention.

  Mrs. Goldberg started reading the paper and I still remember thinking, Wow, that’s really kind of killer...I wonder which goody two shoes wrote it! It wasn’t until the second or third paragraph into her monologue that I realized the teacher was reading mein paper...a short story on the final thoughts of a convict waiting to be taken to the electric chair or gas chamber. Macabre, I know, nevertheless that was what I assessed the homework assignment called for, and besides, as a preacher’s kid I probably believed I was a prisoner of sorts at that juncture, having to give up every Sunday for church activities, which invariably grabbed an entire day of just larking around like every other kid on the block. Anyway, being put in the spotlight for that moment had never happened before, and therefore resonated with me and became one of my notable memories.

  I still call to mind the pride I felt as the classroom listened in stony, near-riveted silence, and what’s more, everyone in every one of Mrs. Goldberg’s classes was going to be forced to listen to my wonderful brilliance...Yea! My conclusion had to be something like, I will finally be recognized for something! Sadly, what notoriety I might have gained was gone before I realized it, but the instance led to an idea that I might have a knack for writing, a revelation I promptly deep-sixed, a far-flung memory that would resurface a half-century later.

  Now, on to mein novel...LIARS - The News Industry.

  LIARS - The News Industry is a fictional account of events leading up to the violent overthrow of today’s liberal media institutions. The novel is not written from the perspective of the messengers, but the real reasons for the media’s behavior and one-sidedness: the puppet masters, those at the top who are really calling the shots. The Brian Williams(s), the Diane Sawyer(s), the Walter Cronkite(s); those are, or were, simply the mouthpieces, the talking heads, the emissaries, the window dressing, the lipstick for the otherwise ugly pig those at the top had turned into roses for millions of Americans over the past century. The publishers, the CEOs, those lurking behind the scenes, hidden from view, not noticed by the public, but making damn sure their ideas, theories and beliefs become a permanent part of Americana.

  For what purpose? Power.

  Power to influence elections, power to put like-minded minions into public office, the power to cover up the truth, or make certain the truth never saw the light of day. Power to safeguard those they consider friendly, those they consider allies, those who will do their bidding...all without being seen...a good thing if you were a hardcore-leftist in a country dominated by traditionalists.

  How can I make such a boldism? Because, history proves me right!

  Papers, the source for most news up to the advent of the television, have always represented the convictions of the owner, the publisher. You might not think it possible, but the most liberal of rags, The New York Times, was once a conservative newspaper! I know... it is hard to believe.

  How is that possible? Because, history has shown that if a publisher were a conservative (like the original founder of The New York Times) chances were good the news being reported by that paper would be conservative, too! Makes perfect sense, right? Sure it does. If I owned a paper the last thing I’d want running were poof pieces on all the shenanigans going on in Washington these days.

  So, things were hunky-dory, because Americans had choices. If a person were a progressive they could go out and buy a liberal rag. The same was true for a conservative, but all that went up in smoke at the beginning of the twentieth century, a period where economies of scale moved the industry to consolidate. The problem for Americans was control over the news industry fell into the hands of liberals. The metamorphosis that accompanied the takeover is the very reason every news organization today (save for FOX) are left-leaning machines with the Democrat Party their vehicle for helping them change the country. LIARS - The News Industry is this author’s attempt to redress that aberration in history, a task that has not been easy to say the least.

  One other thing: this is the professionally edited version of the novel. I ponied up the funds to rectify the previous typo-grammatical errors, so enjoy.

  Frank B. Thompson, III

  PROLOGUE