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[Obadiah]

Usually when I do this interview I keep quiet about Saren's involvement. This time I blabbed, and afterwards, thinking it about it, it seemed like the better call. Why keep his identity secret?

Later, Hackett informed me that talking about Saren or the Spectre's involvement was "politically inconvenient" to the Council. Er, so what? The guy is attacking human colonies. He might do it again. Anyone else think the inconvenience is sort of secondary to actually alerting the galaxy to this mass murderer's identity?

[SporkFu]

I see where Hackett's coming from, though. Humanity and the Alliance are trying to improve political relations with the rest of the galaxy, and to show they've earned a place in the galactic community. Khalisah went fishing with that question, and by answering shep took the bait. His only response on such a sensitive subject should have been "no comment." 

[SwobyJ]

I was happy to take the bait. I wanted anyone who could fight Saren, to do so, regardless of consequences. Too bad it doesn't matter.

[SporkFu]

I was happy to take the bait. I wanted anyone who could fight Saren, to do so, regardless of consequences. Too bad it doesn't matter.

Same here, just pointing out that Hackett's comments afterwards are understandable. 

[Remix-General Aetius]

it's more fun to just punch her lol. is that possible in ME1? I know you can punch her in ME2 and headbutt her in ME3, but ME1?

[Jedi Master of Orion]

Yes.

[caradoc2000]

Usually when I do this interview I keep quiet about Saren's involvement. This time I blabbed, and afterwards, thinking it about it, it seemed like the better call. Why keep his identity secret?

Later, Hackett informed me that talking about Saren or the Spectre's involvement was "politically inconvenient" to the Council. Er, so what? The guy is attacking human colonies. He might do it again. Anyone else think the inconvenience is sort of secondary to actually alerting the galaxy to this mass murderer's identity?

People in general do not like it when you put them into embarrassing situations or make them look incompetent in public. People in power even less so.

[Obadiah]

Yes, yes, I understand the whole "embarrassing" thing (hence the reason I normally keep quiet), its just... ugh... you woulda thought that 100s(?) of dead people and leading an insurgent Geth army would be enough to have the Council publicly put Saren's head up on a wanted poster.

Apparently, the Council weighed embarrassment against potentially 100s of more dead people and thought, hmm, we REALLY don't want to be embarrassed.

Kinda turns their denial of Sovereign in ME2 into a running theme. Heh, never noticed that before.

The more nuanced way of looking at it is that the Council is the galactic institution of government, and Shepard should try to maintain its public integrity to ensure galactic stability. Releasing this information undermines the Council, and the reputation of the Spectres. Of course, that knowledge gets released anyway in ME2 where everyone knows about the rogue Spectre Saren.

[Endurium]

I ended the interview without giving her that "sensitive" information. Hackett still griped at me, of course. Sometimes feel like I can't do anything right in this game.

[capn233]

The wounds of the First Contact War are not completely healed.  The Alliance wants to move forward into the galactic community and gain a seat on the council, and they think outing a Turian Spectre probably isn't the best way forward and will inflame the anti-alien elements within the Alliance as well as potentially offending our new alllies on the Council.

 

You might wonder why the Council wouldn't want to plaster Saren's involvement in the attack.  It is partly buried in the codex.  The Turians have the largest military but that is because of mandatory service.  The Alliance has a lower percentage of population serving in the military and if turned into a real military economy with increased service they could potentially rival the Council.  They do not need to give the human anti-alien faction ammunition with which to rabble rouse.

 

Also given the slant of her questions, you have to wonder if Westerlund News isn't partly or completely Cerberus controlled.

[Farangbaa]

Also given the slant of her questions, you have to wonder if Westerlund News isn't partly or completely Cerberus controlled.

 

Nah. It's on the same line as 'all politicians are stupid', which can be seen all over the trilogy. In this case: the media are bad.

[SwobyJ]

Alliance News Network is, as by its name, more Alliance biased . They largely have your back, as an Alliance soldier. They toe the line, largely reporting just what the Alliance wants them to. Diana Allers may have personal wishes to skirt the line at times, but is usually happy to take the lead of the Alliance (a largely military organization). And they do their job in itself well, gaining the respect of an alien audience over time. This brings up issues of censorship though, and a willingness to whitewash reporting of events.

ANN = 'embedded journalists'

 

Westerlund (see star cluster) is more colonial, and we know that the colonies have a more mixed view about the Alliance itself - to the point of occasionally discussing or attempting to break off from the Alliance. They have your back as a fellow human, but have mixed thoughts about association with the Council/Spectres, the deaths of humans and the fate of colonies. This comes through in Khalisha's reporting. It comes from a real emotional place, and to a point, a real logical place (who else will stick up for the colonies and Earth's citizens?), as we get to see in ME3, but it is also self-interested and harping.

WN = 'citizen reporting'

 

That's how I viewed it.