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EILEEN I’m talking to you. Or at least I’m trying to so can you stop. Stanley shrugs, sits back, knows not to push. EILEEN (CONT'D) So you’re the big boss now. Is it all you hoped for? STANLEY
Yeah. It is. One catch: Alaska’s a fat mess. Crime and corruption are spiking. One in three towns don’t have a police department. Public institutions are failing and oil money is drying up so it’s only going to get worse. EILEEN Sounds like heaven for a newspaper. STANLEY You’d think. But my staff has been cut from about a hundred and fifty to thirty and we’re covering a state that’s two and half times the size of Texas. It’s embarrassing what we’re missing. It’s shameful. EILEEN You’re a local newspaper in America. It’s a divine miracle that you’re still open. STANLEY And what happens when we’re not? Considering how bad things are now, I can’t even imagine Alaska with no oversight. No one asking the hard questions. Sounding the alarm. EILEEN You gotta plan B? STANLEY Had one. She just turned me down. EILEEN I’m one reporter. I couldn’t fix your problem. You know that.
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