Chapter 2082

Joe was angry, but in fact he was used to it. With the development of the media, reporters are becoming less and less disciplined. Iris and others are relatively good, at least they are really investigating at the risk of their lives, while some reporters rely solely on nonsense and "catch news." Come to dawdle.

"Catching news" that does whatever it takes to attract people's attention has become a unique media style in the West.

There are often scenes like this in Hollywood movies: the protagonist tries every possible means to set a trap for the villain, tempting him to take the bait. Finally, he is overjoyed at the moment of success, pumps his fist passionately, and cheers: "Gotcha!"

The so-called "Gotcha" is a common word in spoken English. The full name is "I have got you", which can be understood as "I caught you" or "I cheated you".

Today, "Gotcha" is not only a cliché line used by American actors, but also a common trick used by Western journalists, forming a unique media culture. The American press euphemistically calls it "catch journalism," which generally refers to the media setting up traps to induce or expose the subjects of reports to make "mistakes" in order to gain attention. It is also translated as "trap interviews" by scholars. How to catch people in “catch news”?

"Gotcha news" first appeared in 1982 during the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. The British "Sun" newspaper published a front-page news with a huge "Gotcha" headline, excitedly cheering "Our boys sank a gunboat. , crippled a cruiser." This "good news from the battlefield" earned astonishing sales for the current issue of "The Sun", but it also attracted widespread criticism. Many critics believe that such bellicose headlines not only lack “objectivity and fairness”, but are also cold-blooded and have no journalistic ethics at all.

However, what more Western reporters see is the huge sales of The Sun, and what they smell is the "wealth code": as long as they "take advantage" of various politically sensitive issues and make non-stop comments that are not surprising, they can attract attention and attract attention. Out of position. If you can "catch" big shots speechless for a moment, you can steal the limelight, get promoted and get a raise, why not do it? "Journalism to catch people" has been carried forward by Western media, creating batches of Western reporters who are aggressive and sometimes rude.

The most classic routine of "catching news" is to forcibly interrupt the interviewee, or ask questions unrelated to the interview topic, catch the other party off guard, trick or even anger the other party, and make the interviewee embarrassed, gaffe, make mistakes, and make a fool of himself.

All previous U.S. presidents have been "caught" by American reporters. Bush was publicly questioned about whether he had taken cocaine. George W. Bush has been "tested" on the names of leaders of Chechnya, Pakistan, India and Taiwan. When Obama was still running for president, a reporter once asked him why he didn't wear a flag pin during canvassing activities, implying that he was "unpatriotic."

There are countless examples.

This is why Joe hates reporters.

Another point is their smear campaign against the police!

To be honest, Joe also knows that not all police are good guys, but there are also bad guys. This is impossible to avoid, after all, we are all human. But reporters always purposely report on the bad ones, but they never pay attention to the police officers who are truly willing to give everything for this job.

The easiest one is Joe himself.

The reason why he has such a high reputation in the police station is not because he has stayed there for a long time.

That thing can't fool anyone at all.

Joe has always been a key member of their branch and has a very high crime detection rate. But he never received any media praise. Some are just slander and ridicule.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing!" Barry had a headache and stopped the father and daughter from arguing again.

To be honest, this kind of plot happened almost every day, and he was helpless.

It's really difficult for Barry to deal with his favorite girl on one side and his adoptive father who is so kind to him on the other.

"Back to business! What should we do."

Barry said seriously.

He had to bring the topic back, otherwise it would go astray.

"Of course you go and kill them all, and then the police clean up the mess. Just like they did before."

Iris said without hesitation.

Joe immediately objected: "No! Don't always think about making a big news! You need to think about the victims! No matter how powerful Barry is, there is only one person, but as long as there is a little accident, those poor girls will be hurt!"

Joe is a policeman, and he knows how ruthless those traffickers are.

Albanian gangs, in particular, are notoriously ruthless.

He understands better than anyone else here what the Albanian gang is like. In fact, the confrontation between the Los Angeles police and the Albanian gang goes back much earlier than these reporters know!

The fear of Albanian gangs is not a regional stereotype against Eastern Europe. This certification comes from an official report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The report mentioned that Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Eastern Europe are the hardest hit areas for human trafficking in the world. Eastern European countries such as Albania, Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova have become the main source of human trafficking after drastic changes. The dark forces that control all this are mainly It's Albanian gangsters and Russian gangsters.

Today, all studies on the origins of Eastern European gangs will mention the geopolitical disaster of the Eastern European upheaval. This disaster is not from the perspective of politicians, but from the perspective of ordinary people. The changes in the nature of the regimes of these former Warsaw Pact countries are often accompanied by economic collapse and political turmoil. The collapse of order is followed by the outbreak of ethnic conflicts. The Balkans where the Albanians live were the bloodiest place in Europe in the 1990s. As the victorious party of the "Cold War", Western Europe was enjoying the fruits of victory at the beginning. Western European capital bought high-quality assets in Eastern Europe at low prices. Educated and high-quality talents in Eastern Europe began to enrich the labor market in Western Europe. Even the economically backward southern Italy can afford to hire young nurses and nannies from Eastern Europe. But things often have two sides. The upheaval in Eastern Europe not only brought about the unemployment of a large number of high-quality people, but also the excess force of the former Warsaw Pact. These weapons that were originally prepared for fighting lost their opponents overnight, and the country's finances could no longer afford so many professional soldiers who were off duty.

These strong men have no other skills except military skills. They can only steal guns from the arsenal that was previously prepared to deal with NATO and join the gang. Their goal is to make a living by the women of the same ethnic group that they swore to protect.

After the "Iron Curtain" disappeared, the Albanian people's understanding of capitalism is like a three-year-old child steering a car on the highway. This small country is suddenly full of financing companies, and the high interest rates offered are more outrageous than one another. Almost all Albanians have fallen into the dream of selling all their assets and handing the money to the financing company and then getting rich overnight. This obvious Ponzi scheme naturally "exploded" without surprise.

From the dream of getting rich overnight to the reality of bankruptcy overnight, Albania fell into a nationwide riot, and the country's arsenal was hit in the riot. Albania was at odds with both the United States and the Soviet Union during the "Cold War". The whole country suffers from severe persecution paranoia, so the arsenal stores millions of various firearms to prevent invasion.

However, this huge number of guns flowed into the civilian population during the riots. At that time, the streets of Albania were full of unemployed young people wandering around with AK assault rifles. Albania has long been a mountainous country with very scarce products and resources. In this extreme environment, poor unemployed young people took up guns and went to various European countries to "hunt". At that time, various industries in the old capitalist countries in Western Europe had developed very maturely, and the profitable industries were controlled by locals, leaving little room for outsiders. In this situation, the Albanians turned their attention to a special industry: crime, and the main "products" were drugs and people.

Compared with drugs, which also have production and transportation links, human trafficking is much simpler and cruder, as long as people are kidnapped. In the war-torn and turbulent Eastern Europe in the 1990s, there were young girls everywhere who were looking forward to living in Western Europe. Albanian gangs only needed to use the guise of working as waiters and models in large cities in Western Europe to lure girls to go with them, almost "zero cost". When the girls found out that everything was wrong, it was too late, and they had been sent to a deeper hell. This is an industry that involves the darkest part of human nature. They are sold to the red-light districts of major cities in Western Europe. Their personal freedom is controlled. If they disobey the gang's arrangement, they will be beaten or even injected with drugs to control their thoughts.

In this process, the Albanian gang has established a human trafficking network throughout Europe. Even in Albania, where the population is less than three million, at least 1,400 girls are trafficked every year, and many girls are not even adults. The efficiency of judicial organs throughout Europe is relatively low, and the crackdown on human trafficking has been unsatisfactory for so many years. In addition, the Albanian gang has armed firepower that is not inferior to the police, which has further fueled their arrogance.

Because these Albanian gangs are more violent and unscrupulous than other gangs, they have even opened fire when facing the military and police of other countries many times, causing a large number of casualties, and are called gangs.

If they find Barry, they will definitely threaten Barry with those hostages.

Even if it is useless in the end, they will kill those girls without hesitation... to escape trial.

Of course, this is the most extreme case, and the biggest possibility is that Barry gives in... Really, this is very likely to happen. Barry is the kind of 100% pure good person who can even hurt himself for others.

This is of course good, but Joe always thinks this is a flaw.

But what can be done?

He taught this child too well.

This is also why Joe finally let Barry go to the forensic department, which is a civilian position among civilian positions... A position that does not even require a gun.

It is because there is no need to face criminals. Even if you really encounter them, you will encounter death... Well, Barry has a forensic qualification, so he will do an autopsy. Of course, Barry is not qualified yet.

Los Angeles is a big city.

Forensic doctors are all masters.

(Forensic medicine is difficult, and the training process is very long and complicated. Becoming a forensic doctor requires rigorous training, usually including undergraduate and medical school studies, which takes 10 to 15 years. This long training process discourages many people, making it difficult to expand the forensic team)

In short, Joe is very proud that he can raise a child like Barry, who is well-behaved, good at studying, and most importantly, kind!

But this is not an advantage for the police... at least being too kind is not.

As a result, fate makes Barry become a superhero...

Barry is often hurt because of his kindness and almost died several times. If it weren't for the speed force that gave Barry a healing ability far beyond that of ordinary people, he would have died countless times.

(The Flash can speed up the body's metabolism and thus speed up the healing of wounds. Even if it is under the water pressure of 2,000 feet under the sea and the bones are crushed, it can heal as before within a few minutes)

"It is better to cooperate with the police. In this way, we can strike them all at once and reduce the chances of those poor girls being hurt."

Joe's suggestion is correct.

But he was despised by his own daughter.

"You are just trying to flatter the police! They have been doing this for several years, but you police have no information and let them do whatever they want. Now you want to come out and take advantage of it! It's disgusting!"

"Hey! Girl, I'm your dad! You are also a policeman's child!"

"No! I am a reporter first, and the point is, I am still a conscientious reporter. Secondly, I am your daughter! Then I am the daughter of a policeman!"

"Damn it! You are just a photo editor! Not even a reporter... You abandon your dad now, and sure enough... I was right to adopt Barry! If it were up to you, I can't imagine what my old age would be like!"

"Don't be like this, Dad. I love you."

Joe felt very comfortable with Iris's surrender.

But then, Joe felt that he might as well give birth to a barbecued pork than her!

"I love your father, but I love the truth more!" Iris said pretentiously, "Aristotle's famous quote."

"Aristotle?" Joe looked at his daughter in surprise. He actually didn't know what Aristotle was, but he must be a big shot to say such a famous quote. He was surprised that his daughter could say such a thing.

"What's that expression on your face? I'm a reporter!" Joe's eyes were so obvious that Iris felt insulted. "Journalists are also intellectuals!"

"But... dear, your high school grades are almost giving Mrs. Ross a brain congestion. Until now, I have seen Mrs. Ross walking with her head down... I really dare not look at her eyes. Damn, every time I see her, she looks at me as if she is looking at a mentally retarded person!"

"That's because you are indeed mentally retarded! She once told me that she was surprised that you could find a job and become a police officer. If you hadn't done well later, she would have moved to Mexico. After all, she couldn't imagine what a disaster it would be for the community if you became a police officer. She even thought that you shouldn't have children because she felt that IQ was hereditary and that it would harm the next generation, that is, me!"

Mrs. Ross, a respected teacher, is not only Iris's high school teacher, but also Joe's teacher. She has excellent professional skills and loves this job very much, but she can't control her mouth. She... speaks a little directly... but this does not affect her respect at all.

At least she treats all children the same, saying the most sarcastic words, but giving everyone unsparing help.