I have struggled all weekend at how to address the facilities issue in the threads that blew up, and maybe the less I say the better. I have never claimed to have all the details or all the angles, or to be perfect at what I do, but I do try really hard to do my best and not start rumors. There were definitely some misunderstandings about what I was trying to say--sometimes people pick out portions of your posts and attack you for that without seeing or remembering all the other things you said--but it's probably a better use of my time to continue finding ways to increase our coverage and improve our product rather than dwelling on the past.
There are some veiled allusions to the Twitter fiasco of last spring. I've explained that already and taken responsibility for it, and don't want to go into that again, but I think there were some things attributed to me very unfairly with regard in a thread or two here. There are always multiple sides to every story and sometimes it's just best if certain things are left unsaid.
If someone wants to define me by some of these things, then it's their choice. If someone makes a concerted effort on another forum to continually attack my credibility in a deliberate attempt to hurt me, then there's nothing I can do about it. But I think the volume of what I've done over a dozen years, and how I've done my job speaks for itself. I can promise you that I try really, really hard to get it right, to be factual in my reporting, to be clear when I'm editorializing, and to always have enough self-awareness not to advertise myself as the end-all, be-all at what I do.
To those who have sent me public and private messages of support, you have no idea how much I appreciate them. Last week was very difficult for me. I'd like to reiterate I had zero control over that situation, It had absolutely nothing to do with Vanderbilt sabotaging me, or anything I said or did while I was there, or my professional credibility. The world of radio is not always pretty and sometimes you just find yourself in a spot over which you have little control. That's probably all I should say.
Anyway, I am very excited about our plans for our upcoming coverage. There are going to be some growing pains in the next 1-2 weeks as I try to not only replicate everything we did before, only better and in a different way. There's a pretty steep learning curve ahead for me this week with that, but I'm super, super excited about what we plan to do and I'll share more with you as soon as I'm 100 percent certain that we're able to deliver.
Thanks for your support of what we do.
There are some veiled allusions to the Twitter fiasco of last spring. I've explained that already and taken responsibility for it, and don't want to go into that again, but I think there were some things attributed to me very unfairly with regard in a thread or two here. There are always multiple sides to every story and sometimes it's just best if certain things are left unsaid.
If someone wants to define me by some of these things, then it's their choice. If someone makes a concerted effort on another forum to continually attack my credibility in a deliberate attempt to hurt me, then there's nothing I can do about it. But I think the volume of what I've done over a dozen years, and how I've done my job speaks for itself. I can promise you that I try really, really hard to get it right, to be factual in my reporting, to be clear when I'm editorializing, and to always have enough self-awareness not to advertise myself as the end-all, be-all at what I do.
To those who have sent me public and private messages of support, you have no idea how much I appreciate them. Last week was very difficult for me. I'd like to reiterate I had zero control over that situation, It had absolutely nothing to do with Vanderbilt sabotaging me, or anything I said or did while I was there, or my professional credibility. The world of radio is not always pretty and sometimes you just find yourself in a spot over which you have little control. That's probably all I should say.
Anyway, I am very excited about our plans for our upcoming coverage. There are going to be some growing pains in the next 1-2 weeks as I try to not only replicate everything we did before, only better and in a different way. There's a pretty steep learning curve ahead for me this week with that, but I'm super, super excited about what we plan to do and I'll share more with you as soon as I'm 100 percent certain that we're able to deliver.
Thanks for your support of what we do.
