ABQMom has a point, but the thing here is that the school is exaggerating the success and turning "did well in the statewide competition
" into "ON HIS WAY TO THE OLYMPICS!!!
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Which is exactly why you allow an interview - so you can provide on record the actual facts. Reporters can only report what they are told or can find, and they're not going to do investigative research on a feel-good piece like this. I worked for over a decade in journalism, and I've seen some ridiculous things make it to print because there wasn't enough meat to dig through before the reporter wrote the story.
