The Journalist

Taking FAKE NEWS to a higher level, with the U.S. in a state of increased terrorist threats, the Media Director for the President of the United States fabricates a gruesome fake video.

The purpose of the fake video is to create chaos so POTUS can establish martial law and begin a "new world order." Posing as a concerned citizen who videotaped a horrific murder/rape, the fake video is presented to a local Miami TV station's news director. The news director immediately begins televising the video as exclusive Breaking News. Zack Stearn, owner/editor of a small Miami weekly newspaper, watches the video, contacts the TV station to ask the source of the video. He is told it is from a "confidential source." The video is quickly picked up by national cable news and other television.

Originally written over twenty years ago, Rockey imagines the news media landscape in the year 2024. Reading it today is both a treat, and uncannily unsettling. The plot is at once original and completely believable, and the dialogue feels like a newsroom ought to feel.