Well after talking with Sholto about the media, I took a punt and spoke to him in the context of a reseller profile for CRN Australia. Well those of you who know me well understand I can talk under water and being perpetually 15 years old this is can be quite the concern. We covered many topics and spoke for about 40 minutes and exchanged a couple of emails.
I must say that I am really happy with the article but there are a very small number of things that are not quite right and we know how I am about things being just so but really they are small and folk probably wont even read in the detail I do, so all good
I do think that me reading the article before it was published would have made it perfect, and really I would not have changed a thing except the bits that were not quite right. That said I understand why the passage in my previous post is what it is, but in the case of this article it is a very Davidesque piece and I’ve been told that the article reads like a conversation with me. Very spooky.
· Can I request to see an article before it is printed?
You can ask, but a journo won’t show. If every interviewee was able to see the article beforehand, inevitably they would want to make changes, and then the difference between journalism and public relations disappears. The media’s promise to its audience is to give an independent assessment of the topic or person in question. However, in some cases you can ask to see your quotes, which are the parts of the interview the journalist intends to use. These can only be checked for accuracy; it is not an opportunity to censor your own comments.
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