There were times when Genie felt her job, as a reporter, was to be skeptical of authority. But not always, and never without limits or a foundation of respect—and certainly, she decided, not in the middle of a disaster like this. She had only so much faith in the general public to think clearly and for themselves. It was a weird feeling for a journalist, but, Genie explained, “we could not report the facts. We had to be a voice of assurance and instruction.”
