When your life goes viral
Remember the mini media sensation about the bloke who sent a group email to find the woman he fancied and nearly got fired?
The real story was somewhat more complex than that.
Steve Tucker, the author of the email has shared his story with SMH blogger Sam De Brito.
It’s well worth a read – not only for an insight into what it’s like being inside the media tumble drier, but how quickly the facts can get distorted.
It’s also intriguing that this exclusive came to De Brito becasue the subject liked his writing style. Who said that journalists don’t have individual brands?
Tim Burrowes
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De Brito is a journalist, now?
Huh, you learn something new every day.
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Read this earlier today and was floored equally by his honesty and, in hindsight, the selective sensationalist reporting of the story.
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Yes, it was very instructive about how the media don’t seem overly concerned about fact checking. Supports the truism that you shouldn’t believe everything you read.
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becasue ?
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I can only imagine what its like to have your life go viral. I feel sometimes mine has, like there are way too many coinsidences that have occured and are. How can you find out
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