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Apparently there is some confusion about this:
It is not the job of a journalist to be "nice" to entities/people we report on. It's our job to find, vet, and relay information and analysis the public wants/needs to know. Sometimes (heck, a lot of the times) it's *not* nice. 1/
It is not the job of a journalist to be "nice" to entities/people we report on. It's our job to find, vet, and relay information and analysis the public wants/needs to know. Sometimes (heck, a lot of the times) it's *not* nice. 1/
As a midwesterner who was raised to be "nice," this work is often painful for me. I'd rather write "nice" stories. You don't see me after I publish critical stories: I'm sweaty, nervous, panicked. But information wants to be free. It outweighs my feels. 2/
Nothing specific here to gripe about, just constantly see this misunderstanding about "the media." Not saying we have no biases, never do bad work, or always get it right. We're human. We screw up. And the best journalists I know constantly push to learn + do better, every day 3/
Speaking of: If you consume my work, or any other journalist's, and find an error, spot a poor argument/evidence, see there's an important omission, think we missed the real story, etc.? The best thing you can ever do is to contact us. We want to get the story right. 4/
It super-duper sucks to mess up: Our errors are glaringly public. But we need you, the audience, to get better. You don't need to be "nice" to us — letting the facts stand and speak for themselves is plenty effective — but being an a-hole is probably not the best strategy ;) 5/5
6/6: This is in part why I put my contact info, and so much of it, so publicly on the web — I want/need to hear from you: https://www.businessinsider.com/author/dave-mosher (P.S. especially if you have a news tip or scoop!)
