"Hello, I'm Joshua Smith, and welcome to City Eye Channel News. In preparation for upcoming Council elections, today we have a debate session between Robert Pope and Elaine Callaghan, for Mirror of Glass."

Joshua Smith was a stereotypical news reporter, with an upbeat attitude, black hair, and green eyes. He was practically worshiped by the establishment, and a large part of the public of Glass. He tolerated no dissenting opinions, and was raised to believe everything in the city of Glass was the only correct culture and life to live.

In a red seat, sat Pope. He was an older male in his 60's, with gray hair, black eyes, blue glasses, and wearing a standard business suit. He also had a history of anger issues.

Opposite to him in a blue seat sat Callaghan, with brown hair tied in a bun, rose-colored glasses, a formal red dress, and her cold and calculating brown eyes staring at Callaghan.

"I can feel this woman's eyes piercing into my very soul" he thought silently to himself.

"Tell me, what are your platforms for election?", asked Mr. Smith.

Callaghan began, with no time to waste:

"I want to become mayor, to protect traditional values, that our city has so dearly lost sight of, protect our people, look out for their best interests, and stimulate trade, with corporate power."

Robert Pope because infused with anger and irony so strong, his migraine headaches almost felt like they would set in.

"Traditional values?! Are you kidding me?! You are the last person-

"Mr. Pope, I advise you please keep this debate civil and polite." smugly stated Joshua Smith.

"Of course you can't ask a social justice warrior to be civil and polite", sarcastically purred Callaghan.

"Alright, now we proceed into the most fun part of the debate. I will exit the room, and Callaghan and Pope will have no limits to how they respond to each other. Starting... now."

Most viewers didn't know, Smith was exiting the room, to go to the studio, where the live debate would be monitored, and "secretly" censored, edited, and changed as accordingly.

"You don't deserve to talk about "traditional values", Pope said using finger quotations. You have taken away the basic human rights and freedoms of the people of Glass. Everything they do is monitored, no one can use drugs or alcohol, everyone must obey the laws of the some arbitrary religion, and that is just the goddamn start. We are the western version of North Korea-

"We have not taken away the rights of the people, we have merely regulated them. Terrorism has increased in this country, and this is a step to prevent it"-

"We have NOT prevented a single terrorist attack due to your illegal wiretapping, sensors, recording devices, or stealing people's private information! Not a single one!"

"This is for the good of Glass-"

"It doesn't fucking matter if its for the good of the people, what matters is you have broken the contract this once great country was founded on-"

"This country was founded on the beliefs of religion-"

"This country was founded on the separation of Church and State! Open up a history book and read it, you pretentious bitch!"

"Mr. Pope, that was highly uncalled for and unprofessional. Maybe if you can't control that attitude of yours, you don't deserve to have this debate, or run for mayor-"

At that second, Pope stood up, and literally flipped a table of Coffee and pastry that was in-between them. He felt like he was about to have an aneurysm. His face flushed as red as Proxima Centauri. He was so angry, his words could barely be heard or understood. Callaghan slightly sunk back in her seat, like the coward she was.

"You know nothing of what the people of this city deserve! You know nothing of history, science, or economics, yet you and the Conglomerate pretend this is the best place on Earth. You take away literally half of our citizens' rights and freedoms, and pretend it is in the name of justice, responsibility, traditional values, and your antiquated book of desert myths."

"Because of your party, there is no free speech or expression. Because of your party, Glassians are watched over 24/7, 365 days of the year. Because of your party, scientists can't innovate due to fear of backlash, because of your party, Glass's government is controlled and lobbied by an invisible government of corporations. Because of your party, our brave young men and women go fight and die in other national conflicts we have no business in. Not everyone can marry the person they want to. We have thousands of poor, homeless and sick people in Glass, which can easily be resolved with better healthcare and socialism. We have the least intelligent people of any city in this entire country. Our education system is garbage, our tax dollars go to death, torture, oppression, corporate greed, and decreased ownership and privacy. We pay more for healthcare, yet get less in return. The working class are taxed up the ass, while the Elite and Churches pay next to nothing. Everyone in Glass who isn't rich has to survive off the abandoned bread crumbs, no new businesses can start, you can throw people in jail with no evidence or fair trial against them. Your cops, KrugerSec, and security are nothing but lap-dogs, psychopaths, sociopaths, or even worse. Our citizens can't party or enjoy themselves without being brutalised just for having a few 'questionable substances". You have outsourced thousands of jobs from Glassians to other cities and countries. You have completely fucked retirement! We must follow the rules of an arbitrary religion that shouldn't survive primary school! Our prisons are basically legal slavery! Hundreds of peaceful protestors were beaten, stabbed, tased, mutilated or killed a long time ago in the November Riots by your precious guards! No one can exit the city to live somewhere else! I'm almost surprised the federal government and/or military hasn't intervened yet!"

Just as Robert Pope finished speaking, an entire squad of KrugerSec guards marched into the room, and pulled him out. It took almost half- a dozen guards to pull him away, before the door slammed shut, with Pope shouting expletives at the top of his lungs.

Smith walked back into the room like nothing happened and said:

"Well, that was a riot and a half. Thank you for being on our show, Mrs. Callaghan. Stay tuned for later tomorrow morning, when we bring a CPF officer onto our show, to chronicle his story of catching a runner, becoming a decorated officer, and why you should obey the rules of Glass, unlike Mr. Pope. Thank you all, and good night!"