By We’re going to tell you a little story about :Adam Serwer of MSNBC. But first, we want to make a few things clear:
A number of highly professional, ethical, and hardworking journalists were given press passes to the wildly successful First International Conference on Men’s Issues on June 27 and 28, along with its warm-up, a press conference on June 26. Many of those reporters asked hard, even uncomfortable questions and published critical but reasonably accurate pieces. Even reporters who weren’t there were able to do the serious work of seeking us out to ask questions and get clarifications; take, for example, this highly negative piece, which, whatever its flaws, the reporter actually took the time to contact us to ask serious questions, even if he gets a few things wrong in our opinion. We may take issue with some reporters’ conclusions, we may think that they have missed some important questions they should have asked, but overall they clearly did their jobs as professional journalists.
So there’s an important message about AVfM we want to make clear here to the press before we talk some more about Adam Serwer of MSNBC: We don’t care if you’re critical of us. We don’t care if you think we’re evil; although we’re not. We don’t care if you think we’re wildly wrong about things either; in a country that at least purports to embrace liberal democratic values, people should be free to think whatever they want. We don’t care if you like us or what we have to say. Challenge us on any point, tell us we’ve got our facts wrong if we do, even call us names if you want. But know this: We are a part of the media universe, and you do not, and will not, exclusively control the narrative. You are citizens entitled to free speech and free press, and so are we. And you are subject to criticism, just like we are.
A number of highly professional, ethical, and hardworking journalists were given press passes to the wildly successful First International Conference on Men’s Issues on June 27 and 28, along with its warm-up, a press conference on June 26. Many of those reporters asked hard, even uncomfortable questions and published critical but reasonably accurate pieces. Even reporters who weren’t there were able to do the serious work of seeking us out to ask questions and get clarifications; take, for example, this highly negative piece, which, whatever its flaws, the reporter actually took the time to contact us to ask serious questions, even if he gets a few things wrong in our opinion. We may take issue with some reporters’ conclusions, we may think that they have missed some important questions they should have asked, but overall they clearly did their jobs as professional journalists.
So there’s an important message about AVfM we want to make clear here to the press before we talk some more about Adam Serwer of MSNBC: We don’t care if you’re critical of us. We don’t care if you think we’re evil; although we’re not. We don’t care if you think we’re wildly wrong about things either; in a country that at least purports to embrace liberal democratic values, people should be free to think whatever they want. We don’t care if you like us or what we have to say. Challenge us on any point, tell us we’ve got our facts wrong if we do, even call us names if you want. But know this: We are a part of the media universe, and you do not, and will not, exclusively control the narrative. You are citizens entitled to free speech and free press, and so are we. And you are subject to criticism, just like we are.