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CHAPTER 22
1 And some of them will even be brave enough to go to colleges and universities,
2 Throughout the land,
3 And report on how the students are getting restless,
4 aNo matter how restless they get,
5 Or how many riots they have,
6 And explain everything,
7 Just like they always have.

CHAPTER 23
1 And when the day comes that it seems like the whole world is falling apart,
2 bAnd the Most Chosen Nation on Earth has lost its heart,
3 And its cfaith,
4 And its dchildren,
5 eAnd a bunch of its most popular leaders,
6 fAnd its future,
7 The TV journalists will still be there,
8 Sitting slightly above it all,
9 And explaining everything,
10 So that everyone can understand it,
11 gIn just twenty-two minutes a night.

CHAPTER 24
1 And who knows just what the people would do,
2 If they weren't there,
3 Through all the bad times,
4 And the tragic times,
5 To explain that it's all happened before,
6 And will probably get worse,
7 hBecause everyone is lying,
8 Except the TV journalists,
a.Lies.4.14-15
b.Yks.154.5
c.Yks.152.13-14
d.Wil.4.2-4
e.Wil.5.9
f.Yks.154.25-28
g.Ed.18.6
h.Gods.4.4-6
i.Ed.16.3
j.Ed.18.6
k.Ed.4.1-7
l.Ed.4.3-6
9 iWho are wise enough to see through it all,
10 And put it all on tape,
11 In living color,
12 And read the whole story into the camera,
13 Like a friendly, sharp-fanged uncle,
14 Night after night after night,
15 Because the awful truth can never hide from the power of TV,
16 jAs long as they can have their twenty-two minutes a night.

CHAPTER 25
1 But there will be much more to TV than journalism (Charlie went on),
2 Because there's more to life than news,
3 No matter what anyone says.
4 For example, there's entertainment too,
5 And nothing has ever changed entertainment the way TV will,
6 Which wouldn't surprise you,
7 If you'd thought about it at all.

CHAPTER 26
1 kFor example, your little TV comedy show is more important than you think,
2 Because it will turn out that people just love to see comedy on TV,
3 And will even be willing to rearrange their whole lives just to see their favorite show,
4 Which you may find hard to believe,
5 lWhat with the way your show turned out and all,
6 But that's just the way life works,
7 And it doesn't say anything at all about how popular the really great shows will be,