Was a very quiet news day yesterday. Had to blow up the Beidou satellite story which I’d only use as a photo-caption story on a busier day. Turned out it was a quiet day for everybody and every other news desk; the Beidou story ended up as the splash; this morning unknowing readers picking up our paper would be put under impression that something huge has been achieved in China’s space program. A piece of reality was socially constructed.