u/Jerund wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
IMO if you are going the journalist approach, whatever crazy stories you hear, you should still report it after verifying it did happen. What’s the point of hiding the bad news or really good news if they are true to be more “balanced.” If I’m getting it right, it seems like the
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
The main difference is I'm not a journalist and I don't want people getting sued. There's a whole set of ethics around journalism I'm not trained in so I take a cautious route and I think that has resulted in more people feeling very comfortable sending me things. I never reach out to anyone who works/worked there because this isn't my job to dig into, and all of this is inbound.
At the end of the day, everyone has biases and that's why I am non-anonymous, so people can easily get to know me and decide how they feel about my commentary. I'm not some kind of perfect robot (and even the robots have biases haha)!
I gladly accept feedback on my tone, balance and how I can be more useful to the community.