Headlines

* See also Newspaper Headlines Analysis :
* See also Newspapers_and_Magazines
* See also Free_Press 
* See also Book_and_Pamphlet_Publication
Various media Headlines seen (or should have been seen)
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 Rapture Standard (Newspaper Headlines) :
BS1 :
 "Ryan takes down smuggling operation... Fontaine and thugs killed in fiery shootout!" - Headline, Rapture Standard, 9/12/58" 
It is the City Authorities which 'takes down' the Smuggling Operation endangering ALL of Rapture. It is amazing how much the one-sided 'Tyrant Ryan did it All' stuff was shoved at the Player -- When the writers wanted to force YOU to think better of the sociopathic Criminal Fontaine, and to follow the Terrorist Atlas. 
That was all done to facilitate that weak mid-game 'Twist', but without an EPICally Bigger 'Twist' -- that Ryan pulled off his own 'big scam' on Fontaine. ( Or for Burial at Sea DLC content, which just regurgitates/exaggerates the original game's lies/narrative fed to the Player 'before the Plot Twist' was delivered, but afterward not rebutted. )
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 "Why not spend your holiday in Arcadia ? Fun for the whole family !" - Ad in the Rapture Standard, 9/1/53
Seems to imply Arcadia was bigger than what we saw ( My Arcadia level map has somewhat expanded it enough to match that ).
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== BS2 MultiPlayer HEADLINES : ==
The Writers for the later BioShock game and its DLC followed thru on yet more strange things :
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 "NEW YEAR'S NIGHTMARE — Terrorists Bomb Kashmir… Death Toll Rising !" 
Too bad we didn't see such Headlines in the main BS1 game to counter Atlas's lies ( You know ... To give the Player a chance to 'make up their own mind' ( a "Choice" ), instead of them being spoon-fed one-sided information tailored to make Ryan the bad guy, and to force them along their story so to enable that rather weak plot 'Twist' near halfway through the game ). 
Note - The term "Terrorist" was first coined in 1795, but "Anarchist" in Rapture's era would have had as visceral a reaction.
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 "FOR FONTAINE! — Atlas Lays Claim to Kashmir… 'Ryan doesn't own us', declares Rebel Leader." 
For Fontaine the Traitor Smuggler ?, The Gangster ?, The Murderer of Constables ?, The Poisoner who unleashed monsters on Rapture ??? The Molester/Enslaver of Children ?
Must be on a rough poster instead of a Newspaper Headline - Else it is a reporter/newspaper who assists the Terrorists with their propaganda ( being a mouthpiece for anarchy, destruction and murder ) - Such supporters would soon find themselves in Persephone, or worse. 
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 "WAR !... Atlas Declared Public Enemy #1 as Fighting Takes to Streets!" 
Numerous detractors of Ryan's are heard in BS1/BS2, but with few supporting Ryan's necessary actions to try to maintain Public Safety against these Terrorists. You should ask yourself : "Why SO One-sided ??"
Hey Levine, the citizens of Rapture are NOT going to want a murderous terrorist running things. From the start, this detail was a bit 'too contrived' Failtopia there in that game story. (( See Bioshock_Illogic ))
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 "ATLAS: PORTRAIT OF A PARASITE - Andrew Ryan Explains the 'Ways of the Weak and Poisonous'." 
Newspaper Serialized ( the explanation might get a bit boring if all done in one long article )
Depends on if this was BEFORE or AFTER the Kashmir_Incident. But then, some of the biggest mass murderers in history ( example : the Collectivist/Communists Stalin/Lenin/Mao ) Ryan would consider as Parasites also ( They certainly drank the blood of their own People, and sought to do that in the rest of the World ).
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 "CHILD KILLER !... Little Sister Attacks on the Rise... Atlas to Blame!" 
Here is one more thing that should have convinced many Rapturites that 'Atlas' was no solution, even if they had some problem with the way Ryan was running things -- or NOT running things ( quite possible for people looking to put the blame elsewhere, rather than on themselves ). 
The writer's story strangely never seems to have Rapture's People much 'stepping' up' to handle things themselves, and it is all somehow left to Ryan to do everything ( Quite convenient storywise then to make HIM the problem and bad guy, and hide the real villain ).
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 "MEET THE BIG DADDY! - Ryan Industries Unveils Rapture's 'Knight In Shining Armor' ... 'The Parasite will not prevail !'." 
Little Sisters doing their "Gathering" to keep so many of Rapture's Citizens from having to go 'Cold Turkey' on their ADAM addiction ( to stabilize their physical/mental deterioration ). The behavior of Splicers we see in game indicated their Addiction is VERY STRONG.
Ryan would not have paid to develop/create these abominations if they were not needed. 
I question how much ADAM could the available Corpses really have in them such that Little Sisters drinking body fluids ( while Mechanical Goons are protecting them ) is a viable solution to Rapture's ADAM Shortage. 
Likewise, how many corpses could there really be BEFORE the %27civil war%27 starts ?? And its Unlikely during THAT later Emergency situation for there to be advertisement THIS way. It is all too illogical.
^^^ 
check to see if BaSx BDs looked any prettier (cleaner ?)
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"Eyewitnesses claim the victim, whose pulverized remains could not be identified, was attempting to give the Little Sister candy when the Big Daddy attacked." - Front Page, Rapture Standard 
Do the Big Daddies have to wear an Infinite BS-sized sign warning people to "STAY AWAY!!" ??? ( Rotating red warning beacons, perhaps ? ) Lack of Common Sense was rewarded this way in Society at that time. ( Darwin being invoked. ) Perhaps the games writers don't understand that ? That things were looked at differently by people of that time 70+ years ago. 
Big glowing eyes and a loud warn-off ( like they do to us in-game ) and the Perp still persists ?
Is this Atlas inspired disinformation ( fake witness account .. "claim", convenient corpse ... ). It is not like the Big Daddies can defend themselves against such accusations.
Ryan may have a comment about it.
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 "KINKS IN THE ARMOR ? — Ryan Promises Quick Fix to Big Daddy Aggression... Citizens Advised, 'Do Not Approach Little Sisters'." 
Shouldn't this be "Chinks in the Armor" ?? That's the old usage. Oops, might be perceived as a racism ??
Simple Enough. Just stay Away from the Big Goons. Possibly it was 'ADAM-addicts' who were most of the real antagonists/causalties. But the Public Worries about their own Safety with this ( strangely NOT when the writers don't allow the logical support for Ryan's security measures and actions, when it got in the way of the writer's rather force-fed plot ).
Consider this would have to be AFTER the huge demand for ADAM for Citizens (post-Kashmir) to defend themselves, which was the reason for Ryan to train and deploy 'Little Sisters' to meet ADAM production needs, THOSE then proved vulnerable enough to require Big Daddies ( and THOSE REQUIRED some time to develop those ... ) Such an explanation proves how LATE Big Daddies and Little Sisters Gathere and Protector pairs appeared in the Rapture Timeline.
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 "TENENBAUM VANISHES… Allegedly Renounces Little Sister Program - Mental Stability Questioned ..." 
One of Rapture's Brightest ... The Little Sister Program, when exposed, probably had every non-Splicer/non-ADAM-addict in Rapture "shaking their heads". But then, what rubbish wont some of 'The Press' write to sell newspapers ? "Free" Rubbish Press - "Diana McClintock has Extraterrestrial's Baby !!! Scientists Stunned !!!!!! Ryan to make Announcement ..." 
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 "TIDE TURNED AT NEPTUNE'S BOUNTY — Atlas on the Run after Stunning Defeat ... Ryan Proclaims, 'Victory is Nigh!'." 
Apparently another Attack done by Atlas and his murderous minions.
"Atlas" ? ( Is this AFTER the place ( Neptunes Bounty ) was 'turned over' by the investigation following Fontaine the Smuggler being killed while resisting arrest ? IT Has to be. ) 
Is this BEFORE or AFTER the Kashmir Massacre ? BEFORE was when 'Atlas' was not supposed to be much more than an obscure rabblerouser. Otherwise, Atlas would have been apprehended and sent to Persephone as a ringleader involved with the terrorsism. ( This message implies active violent action ). 
There seemed to be alot of Security Devices by the time we (Jack) got to Rapture, which would be perhaps appropriate for Controlling/Protecting a major Food source - important to maintain Rapture's survival ... (( The writers never seem to have understood what 'War Measures' are -- Them having been protected so well from all the threats and dangers their Country went thru in previous generations. ))
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 "THE DOCTOR IS IN ! ... Madness in Medical ... Steinman Claims Divine Sovereignty !" 
This has to be late after things go topsy-turvy after Kashmir ( Diane McClintock went to Steinman to have her face fixed after the Kashmir Terrorist attack - Which would be unlikely for her doing so - AFTER it was known he was 'getting strange'. )
This acknowledges that Steinman is no longer stable.
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 "HOAX ! .. Atlas' Lies Lead to Riot - 'Plenty of ADAM to go around', assures Ryan ..." 
Would this be likely while Fontaine was still alive ? Or only be AFTER his demise for Atlas(Fontaine) to be causing trouble -- lies mouthed at same time as ( and conflicting with ) the 'Seized' (OMG, Ryan The Tyrant !!!) writer shit -- When Ryan had needed the City Council to take control of the floundering/disrupted/damaged Fontaine Futuristics to maintain ADAM production after Fontaine's demise. 
But then, the brain-dead people Atlas is trying to 'stir up' do not think clearly enough to see the contradiction. 
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 "LIBERATOR… OR MONSTER ? Former Nazi Scientist Abducting Little Sisters..." 
Tenenbaum ... Remember that Rapture had a Free Press, and like ours they can abuse the truth to sell newspapers. Abductions do threaten the ADAM supply. Atlas's terrorists were doing it alot more, and actually killing the children might be a rather more important story, dontcha think ??? But that might be the story ALL THOSE OTHER PAPERS have. We didn't seem to hear about that -- when it might've been useful for the Player to know in BS1.
Tenenbaum's ability to handle a Big Daddy might be a story in itself. ( City negligent in not protecting the Little Sisters ... Headline : "City MUST DO MORE To Protect Our Little Sisters !!!" )
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 "'WE ARE THE SATURNINE!' Cult Crazies Close Arcadia - Ryan Vows Retribution as Religion Comes to Rapture…" 
An Expos'e might explain that : 'They ain't really Religion'. ( Stanley Poole undercover : "HOW I JOINED THE SATURNINE" ... )
Threat to public order and denying access to city property would be the bigger issue ( Funny how there wasn't one like this denouncing the Church of Lamb, no ? ) Free Press was real ineffective when there was something threatening Rapture, but there are plenty of headlines screamed when the game writers needed to condemn Ryan.
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 "CURTAINS FOR COHEN ? ... Fort Frolic Closed to Citizens — Forlorn Visionary Promises Final Frolic ..." 
Public Safety during a City Emergency ?? ( Nothing says it won't re-open later after the Terrorist Atlas and his murderous followers are dealt with ).
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 "WHEN WILL IT END ?... Violence Continues — Ryan Silent as Citizens Demand Answers..." 
Contrived. Why would Ryan stay silent ? Rallying his forces ( with citizen cooperation ) and having Atlas being cornered. Things being done to counter the Terrorists speaks louder ... ( Yet no mention of that here ... very convenient, No ? Particularly when you DO hear LOTS of Ryan's other announcements being made. ).
Why didn't we hear "RYAN CALLS OUT RAPTURE MILITIA TO END ANARCHIST THREAT" ??? --- The Writers Couldn't have that, cuz they might've cleaned out the whole nest of Terrorists and KILLED Atlas pretty quick if such a concerted effort was allowed to happen (( So Surprise !! It never happened. No matter that Rapture was filled with military trained men from WW2. -- Here we have what is called a contrived story --- Required to force some 'scenes', AND without good reasons for what the various bits say happened. ))
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 "SCANDAL ! .. Newspaper Editor Revealed Actually An Atlas Spy - New Management Vows Return to Honest Journalism !" 
Which newspaper editor ?
But that Might explain confusing stories like those1 seen above here. Interesting thought is : How illogical and insane people might eventually become from the drug ADAM -- So as to side with a murderous Terrorist who opposes the City's Philosophy ( which so many people came to Rapture seeking ) -- People supposedly Crazily-shifting far enough to 'sell out' everything they previously believed-in - AND for which they had life experience back up in the Surface World (for decades) to reinforce affirming their original understandings . (( Is this these game writers projecting their own weak modern beliefs/lack-of-convictions upon others ?? ))
Kill, maim and murder in the name of Anarchy/'Freedom' ??? - OH, it'll be OK cuz that never-heard-of-before Atlas guy will be runnin' things ... (( SERIOUSLY How feeble and dim-brained/retarded do these game writers think other people were/are ??? This is NOT a clever way of thinking. )) 
Believing Atlas's propaganda - that all you have to do is 'be free' ? That is all kinda like the drug culture that happened in the 60s, which ignored reality : If EVERYONE 'dropped out', and noone was responsible any more, then everyone would die of starvation within a month ... Realities like that were just "bumming-out" the Hippies, so they didn't give it a further thought - They, after all, had the rest of society to be Parasites off of. So the SAME drug-addled stupidity applies here, no ? (( Again : That is not a clever way of thinking. ))
For all the other people who were NOT ADAM-addled, most would not buy into Atlas's message for 'a second'. It is incredible that the writers contrived their implausible story as possibly happening in Rapture. (( So THIS is the kind of 'story' those game reviewers 'got wet about'. If THIS is supposed to be exceptional in games, that speaks very poorly for the WHOLE game industry. ))
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 "HEPHAESTUS HERMIT - Ryan Seeks Solution in Seclusion ..." :
Again why is he silent, when he is very busy putting alot of Security in place, organizing the Militia, and later starting to dope Atlas's Splicers via the Gatherers Gardens machines ( facilitating that Pheromone Control thing ... ) There surely WAS still a Free Press in Rapture to proclaim odd dopey Headlines like this. BTW - At what point do people still go out to grab newspapers with killer Splicers roaming the streets ? Perhaps MORE of Rapture was in a secure protected state than the game ever imnplied.
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 "APOLLO SQUARE CONDEMNED — Anyone Entering or Exiting will be Shot on Sight..." 
"OMG OMG, Ryan went back on his Philosophy !!" ... ( Typical idiocy for those who can't understand what happens when 'normalcy' suddenly stops when Terrorists start blowing things up.People today who's whole lives have been safe - made possible by people they are told to detest by others.) 'Penning in' the crazies for Public Safety --- strong measures - Ryan is first blamed for doing such things , and then later for not doing enough ( according to the 'evidence' the game 'force feeds' you -- ie- So much are the Lies from Atlas/Fontaine's mouth, AND the rather one-sided selection of Audio Diaries ).
That is 'the Usual' announcement made to an area under 'Martial Law' (google it) and a 'crime scene'. Is this supposedly to be "SHOCKING" to the Know-Nothings we have so many of today ?? (( Perhaps this has credence with someone - like the 'so safe' ignorant ingrates for whom others have shed blood to give them their freedoms and a nice safe little world for them to BE oblivious of that fact. ))
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 "WARNING: Due to Rioting, Curfews and Shoot-to-Kill Policies are now in Effect for the Following Decks ..." 
"Decks" ? Must've been leftover from the 'System Shock' origins of BioShock.
Areas where Atlas is in control, and which his Terrorists are using as their bases ?? (( OMG OMG OMG, How could Ryan DO THAT ????? Derrrrrrrrpppppp!!!!!!! )). 
You have to understand that Terrorists can so easily cause catastrophic damage, which can threaten the survival of everyone else ( It is the reason Arson was punished by severe public execution in ancient Rome - It being indiscriminate and able to spread out of control ).
 
Rapture is a closed environment where catastrophe quickly spreads and threatens everything. The population/citizens of Rapture would be DEMANDING that Ryan do this control and desire preemptive action ( That fact somehow was not mentioned AT ALL in the game ).
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== SHOULD HAVE SEEN : ==
 "MASSACRES ACROSS RAPTURE - Rapture Calls Out Militia" 
Proper logic would have Little Sisters only be out doing their game shown (BS1/BS2) activity MUCH later -- AFTER the 'civil war' justified their being there with the (then) available masses of corpses. IF there were any such murderous activity happening, shouldn't THAT be the Headline : "MASSACRES ACROSS RAPTURE" here on this newspaper ??
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Headlines in the Newspapers we Would/Should Like to (been allowed to) have Seen :
* Rapture Tribune
* Rapture Standard
* Rapture Daily Post
* Do Tell!
* Heller News
* more ... ?
With 20000-40000 people in Rapture, really how 'big' could these newspapers be ('circulation') ?? The labor that goes into WRITING them (per article) is the same, so you need to think more 'small town' ( lots of ads, a few bylines, reports from the police blotter, official news. Usually not much more for a 'daily' than one or two 'thin' sheet of paper ). Some of these may have been weekly.
* Freaks in Old Man Frost's Village !!! New Horrible deformities caused by Fontaine's Poison !!!
* What are we going to do with These Murderous Miscreants ? Some People say HANG THEM !!!
* Rapture Mall (ex-Fontaines) wrecked !!! Couldn't we have found a warehouse to put these criminals in ?
* Sander Cohen going Looney ?? Bizarre Performance Art Exposed !!! Now, Electrocution !!! ...
* Should ADAM be Banned ? City Safety and Prosperity Threatened !!!
* Insane Killer Splicer Violence !!! This needs to End !!! Council Action Required !!!
* Children Experimented Upon, AND Enslaved by Fontaine - Turned into Mutants !!!
* Why Did the City Council Wait So Long --- Coverups ???
* Government Seizes Criminal Enterprise - Now What ?
* The Lighthouse - Raptures Dead Giveaway !!! Tear It Down !!!
* Poorhouses - Little Hope Offered, While Perpetrating Parasitism.
* Expose' - What ADAM does to people, even the Casual User.
* If You Are Going To Sink It - SINK IT !!!
* Weird Sightings in Rapture - The People Need Explanations.
* Expose' on how ADAM Work Ability Enhancement often results in little or nothing ( or ITS not worth the expense and accidents and health risks ).
* Fontaine's Corruption of City Officials Revealed !!
* SEIZE THIS!!! Says Ryan to detractors - THOSE who don't care what would happen if ADAM production suddenly ceased. ( City Now Running Fontaine Futuristics ADAM Production )
* More Mental Ward Space IS needed for Those Driven Mad by ADAM Products.
* Why Are There Crazies In Our Parks ?
* The Atlas Parasite Is Rabble Rousing - Demanding Socialism. Citizens Say SHOVE IT !!!
* Who Owns the Corpses - Some Are Outraged !!
* Public Demands Restitution For Fontaine's Victims
* SOFIA LAMB USED ME ( A tell-all account by a commie-manipulated Citizen )
* Some People Wont Even Work To Eat - Atlas's Parasites
* Cat Here Saves Child From Mutant Rat - The Full Story
* Geraniums Are IN This Year !!
* Expose' : Anarchist Nest Infiltrated and Exposed !!!
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== COLUMBIA : ==
There's A Lynching This Saturday ( There Will Be Clowns and Balloons For the Kiddies ) :
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Serfs getting Uppity - Gruel ration cut in half til further Notice. Fink asks "Maybe they are getting ahold of meat somehow ?" The Public is Warned.
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