I remembered watching a movie long time ago called " An interview with the vampire". Its really nice and touching.. but other details remained a blur to me..
Vampires may not really exist in the real world but only in fantasy. But who knows for sure? Sometimes, the human being is worse than the vampire..
Think about it, when reporters do interviews, sometimes they can go to extreme lengths to scoop the news jusr because it is of great news value..Of course, there are always good reporters and bad reporters..
I believe reporters, journalists should remain as partial and neutral as possible in an interview. Only then, this article is worth reading because it reflects the truth of it..
A Straits Times reporter came back to our office wanting to do interview on buddhist related topic and the events organised by Youth Ministry. Somehow, she just did an impromptu interview with me..
The vibes she gave me was rather negative.. It seems she already had her own set of thinking on Buddhism and did not really absorb my views. I felt that she was like imposing her set of opinions onto me.. I felt really uncomfortable and had to keep restating my point..
It seems she did not do enough homework on Buddhism.. She had a lot of misconceptions.. As reporter, journalist, i feel they should have an open mind..rather than interviewing people with their opinions and biased views.
Thankfully, I was the only person who felt this way... Boss felt this way too.. I'm safe because she is going to take actions before our words get distorted..
Well... as far as I'm concern... There will be no more such interviews unless I get caught in a sticky situation..
Friday, July 01, 2005
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