Reporters

A friend was recently portrayed very negatively in an article. I won't link to it or mention the friend by name as I think the article shows a complete lack of journalistic integrity, research, and desire to write the truth instead of a sleazy expose piece. I have no desire to increase the traffic to the site where the article is posted.

This entire incident reminded me of my last big run in with a reporter.

My friend Travis was killed a couple of years ago. The entire situation was bad enough without reporters getting in on it. Travis was trying to do the right thing by breaking up a fight outside of work, got knocked out, and suffered brain swelling/damage that lead to his death. It was horribly tragic as Travis was an amazing guy. Sweet, hilarious, funny, worked with tons of charities, and an amazing friend. I wasn't prepared for his death and it was a complete shock. What I never in a million years expected was the onslaught of reporters contacting me for comments about Travis. What did I think of him? What did he do? Did I have any dirt? Did he drink a lot? What about drugs? I remember being so outraged hearing they were trying to do an expose piece on drug and alcohol related deaths on campus because TRAVIS WAS NOT DRUNK DURING THE INCIDENT!!! He was at work and was asked to play security guard for a minute. That's it. With everything else going on was it really necessary to reach out to his grieving friends and family to help write your crappy article about alcohol?

I've never met a reporter with an ounce of compassion, integrity, or benevolent motive. They are all pretty much completely worthless.