Spooks = Reality... Sort of?

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(10-09-2009 01:47 PM)Silktie Wrote:  I think if the Security Services do their job properly, then neither the media nor the general population should be any the wiser as to what really happened. In real life it is probably a lot more difficult to manipulate the media than it is sometimes made out to be on Spooks though. What journalist wouldn't love to expose some secret plot by the Security Services!

There is a difference between manipulating the media and manipulating a reporter. They then allow the media to manipulate the reporters. It's easy to have ideals until your editor or publisher assures you that if you push it, you won't have a job and further assures you very few other media outlets will hire you if the story breaks.

It's different in the modern age because of the internet and stuff, but you can still be relegated to the status of crackpot. A reporter's reputation is often their greatest asset.