The times I've been involved with the media has shown them to get the story wrong. Only once when the writer sent me the copy and I commented on it, did they get things right. Many editors and news directors are unscrupulous and will exploit any angle to get more audience or to raise ratings. Most editors and many writers are also excessively partisan in some fashion and its like being around an addict. I wrote extensively in HS and College for local news providers and just decided to walk away from it as I felt the news business had as much injustice in it as anything they could write about. And don't get me started about the stalkers who read blogs and newspapers and send you all kinds of weird things.
So, I refuse to deal with the press and counsel others to do the same.
