Talking clean and writing dirty

What is eye-bagged, notepad-brandishing and has a mouth that shoots questions faster than a machine gun?
You guessed it: A journalist.
It's a well-known assumption that journalists are ruthless individuals who eat deadlines for breakfast and can chase one down a fire escape to get a story. This very reason has many a public figure going up in arms at the sight of a microphone, foaming at the mouth as they scream, "no comment! No comment!"

It is true that many a journalist has been known to misquote an interviewee but it gets my nose flaring when it is assumed that all journalists are out to do the same.The reality of it is that a journalist is not there to write a flattering piece on a company that publicly condones animal testing but rather report it and have you make a say on the matter. If you happen to be misquoted more than once, chances are that you are prone to being an unfortunate victim of incompetent journalism. This does not mean that you can condemn all the world's journalists and reporters and expect a story and how fantastic your people skills are the next day.

If all journalists were undercover sensationalists then there would be no need for the tens of thousands of news providers worldwide reporting on the state of the world, but this is clearly not the case. Rather reserve your assumptions than feel the wrath of a journalist's pencil up your nostril.