Our heroes slide into a world where tabloid journalism has taken the
place of responsible news reporting.
During a presidential press conference Maggie is accidentally shoved
into the arms of President
Jefferson Williams, creating an instant photo op for the parasitic
press. In no time the media is
brimming with images and rumors about an alleged affair between Maggie
and the President!
Meanwhile, a war with Switzerland is going very badly for the United
States. Vargas, William's Chief of
Staff, decides it would be in their political best interest to divert
attention from the conflict by
parading the President's infidelity before the scandal hungry masses.
Maggie is abducted and coerced into
participating in a staged escalation of the affair which the press
and the public buy into hook, line and
sinker.
Vargas realizes that as soon as Maggie is set free she'll blow the whistle
on the hoax. His only
alternative is to eliminate her permanently. Rembrandt, Mallory and
Diana enlist the aid of Bobby Hawkes,
a young journalist who deals in old fashioned hard news, to help them
reveal the truth about the
President's campaign of deceit.
             
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