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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 91 09:53:49 CDT From: willis@cs.tamu.edu (Willis Marti) To: com-priv@psi.com, edtjda@magic322.chron.com Joe Abernathy writes: -Richard Holbert may not have a big title, but he's somebody that is -actually working with this technology every day, from the viewpoint of -public education. There were plenty of people I could have talked to, -plenty of people I did talk to without quoting. But nobody represented -the public education viewpoint as well as he did at that particular point -in the story. He offered two or three descriptions for his job, by the -way, and I chose the one that seemed most descriptive given the context. By what standard did you decide he represented "the public education viewpoint" better than anyone else? If he was to represent public education, why was the *sole* quote dealing with 'adult' materials use at TAMU? I do not believe Mr. Holbert was happy with your representation of him in the article, and I do believe he suggested other people for you to contact -- which it seems you did not. I've talked to Mr. Holbert (since finding the right phone number 8-) and respect his abilities and interests. It doesn't change what I feel you were trying to do. - -Your post raises a broader issue to me, that of access to information. - -Did you mean to suggest that Texas A&M University supplies selective -access to information concerning the use of public funds, based upon how -well you or somebody else likes a particular newspaper or reporter? No, I mean to suggest you take quotes out of context to support views that you have already decided on, and try and make your sources seem more agreeable and with higher stature than they really are. We can't be "selective" if *you* don't ask. Now, you want to explain *how* you got that "suggestion" out of my posting? It sure looks to me like you're trying to create a strawman, then discredit it.
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