What Should Reporters Ask their “Experts”?

[Bugs]

First off, if I EVER blew off a line of discussion on my work with a comment like “As a respected appraiser I prefer to do my own research” I could fairly expect to lose a lot of credibility. That’s a pretty condescending response to someone who’s asking serious questions. That’s at least the second time this reporter has responded like this and I am not at all impressed with her ethical performance. As with us all, it doesn’t matter how great she was 2 years ago or 30 years ago – none of us are any better than our last piece of work. It is the people who cite their experience rather than address the substance of the question whose work is most suspect.

This is not to say that a journalist should allow themselves to be led around on a leash, but they should keep themselves open to leads on their story and be willing to use their own research to verify. When it comes to the important stuff, I never blindly accept what someone tells me about something I’m working on – that’s what verification is all about. But I also don’t just outright dismiss a piece of information because it’s not from one of my usual sources. There’s no such thing as too much information.

If a reporter is too burned out to look at both sides of their story then perhaps it’s time to move on to selling classified ads or something that doesn’t require objectivity.

[bob007]

Are Sony and Nokia leaving San Diego ?

[powayseller]

Bugs said It is the people who cite their experience rather than address the substance of the question whose work is most suspect. Bugs, that is exactly what this financial planner is doing about the Yuma deal. Telling me he doesn’t want to debate this anymore, but he’s been doing well at this a long time.

bob007, Nokia is laying off 1000 people. It will be announced the first week in August. In April 07, they will lay off the rest of the people. Sony is staying, right?

[kiki]

i just want to clarify that i give PS what i consider a constructive feedback. i actually love her research. I also said that a blog is different but when talking to journalist she may get more from them if she did not use the attack apprach.

I was pleased at PS’s positive actitud toward the feedback. At the end she can change or not – i never expect to tell her what to do, only to give a suggestion. At the end is her decision on how she behaves.

Regarding Sony, Sony HQ is staying here but i asked and a few months ago a TV factory was closed, not sure of how many people were laid off, though.

[powayseller]

I googled it, and kiki and I were right. It WAS Sony that closed its TV factory in Rancho Bernardo and laid off 400 employees. U-T link

It seems to me that more companies are laying off large numbers of people, than are hiring large numbers. The Sonys and Nokias are not balanced by large scale hiring anywhere.

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