Monday, March 6, 2006

Back Channel--3/7

I received an email this morning with an idea that was worth posting.
Apparently a post was characterized as being off-base. Notice the use of apparently. If I am not positive about what is being given to me, I use the typical media disclaimers of: reported, apparently.... and the like. If what I publish is not accurate, feel free to sound off--I'll publish that, an ammendment, or a retraction.

But, you say, there is a "Catch-22": "If I post, then I can be suspended...even if it would have been in Essent's interest." That is where a back channel comes in. The email address allows you non-published access, of which some in administration have utilized, and I provide a more accurate product.

You can use your own email, or if you feel that tingling sensation around your neck when you put pen to paper, go to hotmail.com or mail.yahoo.com and start an account. (Yes, you can have more than one!) If I feel that it is in your best interest not to have a tidbit published (you being the only one that could know, or it is too identifiable), I won't included it.

Hotmail includes the registration name (what you say yours is) so be creative. I have two JRs emailing, and one 'Hud', but I think it's more from another Newman flick, Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a failure to communicate"...which is probably the most appropriate reason for this blog.

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