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holzman_tweed...and, alas, the stereotype about fen needing it is all to true.
As an auditor, my job is to listen ("audit" means "listen") to my auditees and determine what the story is. A frequent criticism of a poor audit report is that it doesn't tell "the real story." (Insert Stephen R. Donaldson reference here.) Finding and pointing out the real story is a skill that translates to other parts of life. For example...
When a writer exposes an editor of a supposedly respectable publication for using racist language in his professional communications, the real story is not that the writer published "private" mail. The real story is that an editor at a supposedly respectable publication used racist language in his professional communications, sullying his reputation and that of any publication that employs him.
When an editor for a supposedly respectable publication who is exposed for using racist language in his professional communications calls foul because someone exposed his racism, the real story is not that a "private" e-mail was published. The real story is that an editor at a supposedly respectable publication tried to use his preferred social customs to hide the fact that he used racist language in his professional communications, further sullying his reputation and that of any publication that employs him.
When editors from other supposedly respectable publications criticize the writer for exposing that editor , the real story is not that a "private" e-mail was published. The real story is that Editors of supposedly respectable publications are providing cover for an editor who used racist language in his professional communications, sullying their reputations and that of any publication that employs them."
Shame on them all.
As an auditor, my job is to listen ("audit" means "listen") to my auditees and determine what the story is. A frequent criticism of a poor audit report is that it doesn't tell "the real story." (Insert Stephen R. Donaldson reference here.) Finding and pointing out the real story is a skill that translates to other parts of life. For example...
When a writer exposes an editor of a supposedly respectable publication for using racist language in his professional communications, the real story is not that the writer published "private" mail. The real story is that an editor at a supposedly respectable publication used racist language in his professional communications, sullying his reputation and that of any publication that employs him.
When an editor for a supposedly respectable publication who is exposed for using racist language in his professional communications calls foul because someone exposed his racism, the real story is not that a "private" e-mail was published. The real story is that an editor at a supposedly respectable publication tried to use his preferred social customs to hide the fact that he used racist language in his professional communications, further sullying his reputation and that of any publication that employs him.
When editors from other supposedly respectable publications criticize the writer for exposing that editor , the real story is not that a "private" e-mail was published. The real story is that Editors of supposedly respectable publications are providing cover for an editor who used racist language in his professional communications, sullying their reputations and that of any publication that employs them."
Shame on them all.