Reply #28: I know a few. Generally they're harried, deadline-driven [View All]

[smoogatz]

and neither all that smart nor all that well-informed. They've got degrees from journalism schools, fer chrissakes. The few times I've been interviewed, the reporters in question have asked mostly uninteresting questions and then misquoted or misrepresented my answers. I assume this is more or less the case whether the interviewee is a poet (like me) or a general or a president. In fact, my experience as a news junkie bears this out. I assume you're a reporter of some sort, and feel it's your responsibility to defend your colleagues. Defend away, if you can. But really, don't you think the media are complicit in much of what's wrong with this country right now?