The A to Z of Frontline News

From Anthrax to Zen Buddhism

From Feng Shui to Nike Town

From Napalm to Nihilism.

The ordinary man in the street is voiceless,

speechless, laid low by a barrage of media-

shaped bullets, shafted by snippets, a sniper

fire of titbits and useless info. From Afghan

bunkers to Ground Zero. Terror reigns in his

brain. A magazine of mush to mould his

opinion, telling him not to panic...

From Railtrack to Royals - disarray.

From Kabul to Karachi- sheer dismay.

Anthrax, Botulism, home-grown BSE, Cancer,

Death, Ecstasy, Fear, Gun-ho, He-ho, Islamic

Jihads, Killing Fields, Listeria, Mad Mullahs,

Nostradamus, Opus Dei, Paratroopers,

Quetta, Revenge, Suicide Bombers, Terror

Towers, Undercover Agents, Vermillion skies,

Victims?tears, Endless War, Star Wars,

RatingsWar, X-files, X-men, Yes-men, Yasser

Arafat, Zero-tolerance.

Alphabet City - the next target, pulverised by

powder. The phone has gone dead. Talk is

cheap, newsprint cheaper. The words have

run out... America is ready for action. We all

have to pay and display - the price for

Ground Zero Day.

Pages of newsprint -, whipped up by the cool

Autumn air, litter New Oxford Street, - a

media frenzy, an orgy of oracles. Thousands

of feet stampede by. History is trodden on.

Regardless.