#33: Informed sources are trashing your organization
I remember sitting on a hard school bench when a little voice would whisper something and the teacher would growl, "Who said that?" For 12 long years I waited for some kid to say, "An informed source, Sir." But it never happened.
As a grown-up I read everyday what "informed sources" have to say and I’m expected to believe in their existence. It seems to me that back then kids had more sense.
Not anymore. Youngsters today are learning that it is socially acceptable to hide your real identity when prancing around the internet. In fact, hiding is desirable, because then you can attack without having to defend. And if you have a website, a blog or a podcast aimed at destroying your employer’s reputation, you might even be quoted as an informed source.
But I, for one, won’t easily believe you.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2006 James Henry McIntosh
As a grown-up I read everyday what "informed sources" have to say and I’m expected to believe in their existence. It seems to me that back then kids had more sense.
Not anymore. Youngsters today are learning that it is socially acceptable to hide your real identity when prancing around the internet. In fact, hiding is desirable, because then you can attack without having to defend. And if you have a website, a blog or a podcast aimed at destroying your employer’s reputation, you might even be quoted as an informed source.
But I, for one, won’t easily believe you.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2006 James Henry McIntosh
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