Its the folly of it, and knowing the environment. Any information garnered would be extremely valuable and accurate. The manner in which it is being proposed in trying to illicit this information will be wasted.
Firstly, every editor/executive producer is answerable to legal aspects. To circumvent that credible origins must be proven, even though they will in the end be protected by annonymity, the governing body of that particular media outlet must have satisfied certain regulations in assuring that what is being exposed to the public is tangable and credible.
A rumour network, although encompassing many professional views is just that, a rumour network................the origin not even known to the person gathering the informaion. Any editor/producer worth his salt will in all probability not allow this. Yet even if somehow the information reaches the public I can assure you that the executive management at ATNS is also familiar with this site and to them it will be akin to carrying allegations made on a "party-line". The person bringing the story to the door of the CEO at ATNS will no doubt be shown the door in pretty short order.
In addition, and this is of greater concen to me than anything else, every person has a certain thumb-print, if you will, in the way in which they express themselves via the written word. I am able to pick out certain individuals contributing to this site after not having seen or spoken to them for in excess of seven years, do you honestly think that their managers who see and deal with them on a regular basis are unable to do this?
This might not have that a great impact on those still employed by ATNS, but chances are those willing to return after their tenure abroad might very well find themselves frowning as to why they are being rejected. This is of course just a probability.
Aside from all that, there is a code of conduct that journalists are bound by in order that they above everything else, dont embarrass the orginizations they work for, and attempting to gather information to promulgate an article/programme on a rumour network without any verification is either really short-sighted or an error of someone who is let loose without supervision or correct training.
Last edited by topo di radar; 14th Jul 2006 at 22:07.