More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving

Host: The newsroom hummed like an overworked machine — the whir of printers, the faint buzz of monitors, and the relentless tapping of keyboards filling the stale air. It was late — that gray hour between night and dawn when the city outside still dreamed, but the world inside the building stayed wide awake.

Rows of desks glowed beneath cold fluorescent light, papers scattered like casualties of truth. On one of those desks sat Jack, sleeves rolled up, tie undone, staring at an article draft. His face was lit by the blue screen, every line of fatigue carved deep.

Across from him, Jeeny perched on the corner of another desk, her hair tied messily, coffee in hand. She watched him with that look — part concern, part admiration — the kind you give someone who fights ghosts you can’t see.

Jeeny: “You know, Anand Giridharadas once wrote something that feels truer every year: *‘More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving norms of communication that are being enabled and encouraged by technology and the matrix of connectivity that defines modern life: authenticity over authority,