I am moving this thread to the Questions forum where it should have gone in the first place. Also, can I please ask that we don't all take a leaf out of the tabloid journalists handbook and stop jumping to conclusions before we know what the questioner wants.
Yes, some journalists are highly irresponsible and others are the opposite. In this case, the person is asking as simple question in order to be able to gather more data in order, hopefully, to produce a report that is as accurate as possible. I find it astounding that some people are so quick to condemn all journalists and especially this one who I have known for some time just because they discovered that they had put their true job description in their profile.
How many times do we have to put up with speculation on here that is often very wrong and sometimes many times worse than the worst excesses of the tabloids and sensationalist 'experts'? At least we should know better being in the job.
So, please try to keep to the topic. As pointed out, the often repeated diatribes against journalists are not necessary on here. As long as the debate can remain reasonably civil and we do try to cultivate some proper links with the press in order that we can get them to take more care in their reporting then no problem. If anyone wants to go into a mouth foaming rant against them then may respectfully suggest that they do so at The Professional Journalists Rumour Network and we all have that group hug as suggested!
