FlyerTalk Forums - Brancatelli says: FF programs in peril

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Originally Posted by Shareholder

Joe is NOT A REPORTER, HE IS A COLUMNIST! Reporters report facts/events (perhaps distorted by virtue of their own backgrounds) and are not supposed to opinionate. Columnists opinionate and only ocassionally rely on facts to do so. If you consider him to be a REPORTER then you had better reassess how you look at journalism and I dare say life.

I repeat JOE IS NOT A REPORTER!!!!!!!

Freedom of speech and the respect of others right or wrong should be the American way.

According to what the definition of a reporter is
"Somebody who reports news"
Somebody whose job it is to find out facts and use the print or broadcast media to tell people about them
Somebody who makes a report of any kind

Columnist
"somebody who writes a regular column for a newspaper or magazine"

I will assume without any facts or credibilitity or at least not Joe in your humble opinion ;)

My only hope is that I don't get a life sentence as a result in this thread :D
I take him as part entertaining, part factual, part opinionated.
As I do most jounalists,reporters (sigh) columnists........

I say its a fine line as he still reports to some degree.
Even if perhaps not to your own personal liking.

Some of the brightest most educated travel industry proffessors in leading business schools have opinions I don't always agree with.
But they educate and report to the industry,journalists and students year round.
Like to think at the end of the day we are all able to be bright enough to seperate most of the fact from fiction or gossip which usually comes with the territory and perhaps challenge all of each others viewpoints.