What an “other people” type question. Could have asked do you know someone that watches NASCAR. Yet one that reporters should ask themselveshttps://twitter.com/JohnEkdahl/status/816500398991273984 …
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Replying to @wndywitch
@JohnEkdahl Popularity of specific models isn't the most representative metric anyway. Cars vastly outsell trucks overall.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
"I know 3 people who drive pickup trucks, which makes me a great journalist with my finger on the pulse of America!"
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Replying to @BJNemeth @JohnEkdahl
Your job automatically has you interacting with a different population than the reporters this was meant to embarrass.
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Replying to @wndywitch @JohnEkdahl
I was speaking hypothetically, because it's a stupid question.
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It's the inverse of those stupid articles about things like "X% of Americans can't find Syria on a map."
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if I know people who drive trucks does that mean I'll be a great journalist?
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Apparently, but I must have missed that class when I got my degree in Journalism.
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Replying to @BJNemeth @PokerVixen and
Fair to ask journalists to escape any bubble they may inhabit, but this question too simplistic
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Replying to @CJHoytNews @cjhoyt1 and
Exactly. Elitism is a thing to be avoided, as is the idea of "Real Americans."
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I was raised as a Real American, but then I went to college. Guess now I'm a Zombie Real American.
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