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[choosetruth]

Who: Georgia Mason, the crew of After the End Times, and YOU
Where: Republican National Convention
When: the year 2040. But also all through the event.
Rating: idk PG-13, will update if it gets higher.
Summary: Georgia Mason, head of After the End Times and well-known Newsie, is here at the Republican National Convention ready to make some NEWS.
The Story:

The Republican National Convention is a fucking madhouse, but Georgia's used to that. Weeks in on the campaign trail, she's working harder than ever and driving herself to near death trying to run a site and write and cover everything that happens during the election. She's got plenty of betas and interns, of course, and they help, but she still pushes herself to cover as much of everything as she can.

She's here, a vision of journalistic integrity in black and white, sunglasses firmly planted on her face and press pass clipped to her blazer. If she sees a politician or someone else that looks even mildly interesting, she's likely to approach, recorder in hand.

"Excuse me? Georgia Mason, After the End Times. Do you have time for a few words?"

[Come get interviewed, or reply one of the starters below! If none of them work poke me at antivillain and I can set something up.]

Comments

[thisismadfreaky]

[Caffeine is practically a food group, especially at an event like this. There's too much to do and too many people to talk to, to bother with things like breaks and sleep unless utterly necessary.]

Well, well, if it isn't the Truth Warrior herself. [He may not know her personally, but is there really anyone that doesn't know of the Masons these days? He follows her blog pretty closely, actually. She's one of the few people's facts he trusts. She has yet to post anything that doesn't check out, so she gets bonus points for that at least.

He gives her a warm smile as he introduces himself:] Cisco Ramon, Bait and Switch.

[choosetruth]

[She's heard of it. It's a little too conspiracy for her. Sure, she's uncovered evidence of actual conspiracies, but the big difference there is precisely that: evidence. Ramon's blog is mostly wild conjecture.

Still, he's not always entirely wrong. It's honestly more frustrating than if he were 100% wrong. Makes it hard to write him off all the way.]

Nice to meet you, Mr. Ramon. Are you here chasing some new conspiracy?

[thisismadfreaky]

[Wild conjecture, sure, but there's a grain of truth to a lot of the things he posts. Maybe not always solid evidence, but some of the stories he's followed have definitely gone places and gotten more attention than he might have ever really expected.]

Not yet. [He smirks a little.] But I figure if there's anything new worth chasing, what better place to find it, huh?

[choosetruth]

[He's not wrong. There are enough politicians here looking for enough media attention that someone will let something slip. Whether that something is actually meaningful or not is up for debate, but it'll sure be something.]

Just try and do some basic fact checking at least. Make the theory fit the facts, not the other way round.

[thisismadfreaky]

[He chuckles lightly and nods.] I know how to play this game just as much as you do, Mason. I may not always have concrete things to run with, but I do try to keep some credit attached to my name.

[choosetruth]

Being right by coincidence occasionally doesn't give you much credit in my book.

[thisismadfreaky]

One day. [He points a not-actually-accusatory finger in her direction.] One day, I'll bust one of these things wide open and you'll see, I've been right all along.

[choosetruth]

That's what all the people in your line of work say, Mr. Ramon.

[It's not that she doesn't believe there are conspiracies going on. She's an investigative journalist. Finding and cracking conspiracies is the dream. But she doesn't believe in going to press with it until she's sure, until she has proof and can stand behind it.

It may not make for very exciting news when she won't print interesting rumors, but when she does find something big, people will believe her. They know she wouldn't publish unless she knows it's completely true.]