1. I am a peasant, and I am also an honest person. Chairman Mao taught me to be honest and not to tell big lies. The news is all about telling big lies. I'm afraid of being corrupted by them and causing Chairman Mao to worry. 2. I want to hear something practical, something that is at least useful for my farming, but they just don't broadcast it. What they broadcast, I think, is all useless...