<VV> Re: Halloween article and the Corvair

[Steven J. Serenska]

Joel:

>Good news. My editor wants me to proceed with a piece examining both sides
>of the Corvair story. Naturally, I'd like to interview you (and other
>Corvair owners) about the car. It would be good if I could link up with a
>Corvair owner in southern Ontario to check out the vehicle firsthand.
>
>All the best,
>David Menzies
>  
>
Maybe I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, but this guy 
continues to gall me.  His second sentence says it all.  As a 
professional, objective journalist, shouldn't he have presented a fair 
and impartial story the first time around?  Why is it that he needs to 
be explicitly instructed by his editor to examine both sides of a 
story?  Shouldn't that be what he does by training and journalistic 
instinct?  Given what I've read, it's not possible to tell whether he's 
biased or just plain lazy, but he does his readers a disservice in 
either case.

I suppose it's a good thing that he's trying to investigate the other 
side of the story, however belatedly.  Still, please tell everyone to 
whom you introduce him that his natural inclination seems to be to diss 
the Corvair and to be on their guard.  My sense is that this guy is 
going to be continuing to look for evidence _against_ the Corvair and/or 
to portray Corvair owners as a gaggle of foaming-at-the-mouth 
goofballs.  I hope he proves me wrong.

Grrr.

Steven "apparently needs a long ride in his convertible on this 
70-degree November day in New England" Serenska
'65 Monza Convertible, 110/4spd
'66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4spd