I hate to hear of your own experiences with the media. Its a shame really – when there’s so much “real news” to be told…

I was recently misquoted in several newspaper articles on a personal note!

It’s horrible how the main stream media screws up what someone says for their own purposes…

Not only myself but many friends and family have been horrifically bashed by the media!

One newspaper did get about 50% of what I said right (though out of context), then one of their readers to the online version comments that “she is lying for so and so… I don’t know her at all but I am sure she is lying”

She admitted she doesn’t know me from adam but the media has filled this person’s mind with enough trash that I can’t even tell the truth and expect people to see a realistic side of things!

So that’s what comes from telling the truth where members of the main stream media will hear it…

I don’t take interviews because of the past experiences I and others have had with the media…

I’ll write it for myself thank you!

We all know you do a great job here and we appreciate your being objective and doing actual case studies then returning with the bare boned facts instead of a dramatic sob story or “I just want to bash someone today” point of view…

Thanks for that…

For just telling us the facts and letting us decide for ourselves!

The constant PPP bashing at some some sites is nothing but an attempt to get attention and traffic with the sole purpose of monetizing their own content – the very thing they look down at other people for doing.

Get a copy of the Advertising Age logo and put it at the top of you page saying “as seen in Advertising Age”. Take advantage of this.

Just wanted to show you my arms of support here *hugs*. Reporters/editors/people can be so brutal at times that you wonder how they sleep at night?

Tawnya Sutherland

Thanks so much for posting your experience with this “journalist”. Hopefully, word will get out that this woman is the hack that she is and she will no longer be given high-profile writing assignments again. She clearly cannot be trusted to be objective.

As a writer, trust and honesty are the only values that matter and this woman has undoubtedly begun the slow death of her career. Too bad, she was probably an adequate writer, if only she had been honest.

Jennifer Knox

Not all journalists are bad, but I agree with Paul, that article was a hack job and Mya was a (w)hack job.

Terribly sorry thishappened to you and I must say, reading the article, it sounded absolutely nothing like the Lynn Terry I know. It’s amazing how the tone of the article can completely change the perception of a person’s character. If I didn’t know you personally, Lynn, I would say you’re someone I didn’t want to know after reading that article. (Glad I knew you before reading it, though.)

Peter’s idea is a great one. Simply tell the journalist that the conversation is being recorded for your records and may be used however you see fit after the interview. If she declines, tell her the interview will not happen, or that you’d be happy to do an e-mail interview where you can maintain a hard copy for your records.

A shame it has to be done, but it has to be done.

~ Teli

I wonder how many of these journalists would actually do an interview when they know it’s being recorded? Not many I bet.

I’m sure that’s not the first time the media has used “yellow journalism” to paint the story they want — nor will it be the last. I did an interview with Crains Chicago Business that was completely positive and they twisted it all the be completely negative. I wrote letters to the editor. I requested a retraction. No such luck.

Sorry that happened to you. It makes you understand how those Hollywood Stars must feel about all the garbage that is printed about them. Totally truthless!

Hey, at least you got mentioned in Advertising Age — that’s quite a feat! That means they see you as a “go to” expert. That’s great news!

It’s like when you say, “I did NOT do it”, and they say you said, “I did — do it”. One single word a HUGE difference.

But you know what Lynn, you put up a great response. Don’t worry, I am with you. Soon the world will know the truth about that reporter and the publication that writes for.

That is a great idea… and ONCE those unethical “interviewers” KNEW that was happening..or the INTERVIEWEE mentioned they would only do it on skype…THIS sort of thing wouldn’t happen.

I HOPE alot of people take your advice on board..

Rob..

P.s Won’t bother me… couldn’t hear on the phone.. so I would request they did it by email…
I would have a copy too.. so..
But WHO would want to interview ME?? lol

I think the time is fast approaching for us all in PayPerPost to start doing phone interviews over Skype and record the interviews to our hard disks. When the inevitable slanty biased opinion based junk gets published, we should all just link to it and upload the recording .

That would have worked great in this case.