the briefing

I do not understand.

What are these trees we are/are not supposed to be shaking?

And what's all this about a magical silver bullet?

Anyone who says that reading fiction is crap obviously hasn't been paying attention to the world we live in. Learn your metaphors well, children, or one day you'll be sitting in a briefing room and you won't be able to follow the line of questioning.

p.s. Howard Kurtz, I love you, please marry me.