In fact, not only did I not see Televisa or Azteca personnel interviewing sources on the street, I didn't see them interviewing or getting information from anyone, not even PEMEX or Army personnel on hand. It's as if they showed up, script in hand, to use the convenient backdrop of death to add a layer of credibility written elsewhere.
Standing in front of me, half in the street blocking the ambulances, Televisa's reporter stumbled for about half a second between the words as he pronounced "this... accidente ."
I stared into his eyes and gave him a Cheshire-cat smile; perhaps he knew exactly what he was doing, as he made the news.
If so, that truly would be a simulacrum, as the philosophers like to put it. Where reality lies in Mexico City tonight-- no one knows.
Standing in front of me, half in the street blocking the ambulances, Televisa's reporter stumbled for about half a second between the words as he pronounced "this... accidente ."
I stared into his eyes and gave him a Cheshire-cat smile; perhaps he knew exactly what he was doing, as he made the news.
If so, that truly would be a simulacrum, as the philosophers like to put it. Where reality lies in Mexico City tonight-- no one knows.
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