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Originally posted by baltassoc
As a former journalist I find this incredibly childish and wrong of AmLaw. It is one thing to write a trash piece; its quite another to then engage in a discussion defending it with the people you've trashed, even when they attempt to establish the dialog. The correct answer is simply, "We're sorry you were unhappy about our coverage. We would be happy to publish a letter to the editor so long as it meets the printed criteria for such letters" [which may include requiring signatures or no profanity, etc., I haven't looked at AmLaw's rules in particular]. And that's it.
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To be fair, that was the original response. The original response was perfectly appropriate, and said they were sorry I was unhappy, etc etc. I responded to that that I appreciated it and hoped they wouldn't just see it as someone who was bitter about an article, but rather, from someone who was concerned about the process.
All of this was cc:d to someone else. I don't know who is whom so I don't want to name names. Anyway, it was that person to whom it was cc:d who came back and said something about cautioning me from attacking the integrity of one of their reporters in a public forum. He's also the one who said the petty and childish stuff.
I prefer to address reasonable concerns, so I figured no big deal to make sure y'all got it was an opinion. Besides, I also knew what your reaction would be to understanding he actually had the nerve to ask me to do that...so win win yes?
Someone asked if he said it was an opinion piece. No, I don't think so. He (the second guy) basically said they felt the article was fair and that it was a fair summary of the reasons, apparently those reasons were childish and petty for the most part. I'm honestly not sure what he thinks our reasons were. I have to wonder though who would actually go to the trouble I and everyone else involved went through to create this place, never mind the trouble you folks went through to follow us around to four different locations, just so we could curse. That's moronic.
Anyway, the first guy was always polite, he just said he thought I hadn't separated opinion and fact well enough. I disagree with him, obviously. Actually though since I said I would say something I'm not sure why he bothered to respond. Maybe a last word kind of thing? I don't know.
