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An Open Letter to Cyrus Farivar: Reportage Conducted by a Star Chamber
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https://twitter.com/cfarivar/status/555096214970986496Cyrus,
I am not privy to the editorial policies of Ars Technica, which presumably govern the questions you pose, the stories you file and the notes you furnish to your superiors involving your work.
From my vantage point, however, it appears that you wear many hats (of different sizes), so to speak.
There is your reporter's hat, by which you enjoy access to events and scheduled conversations with executives.
And then, there is your police officer's hat, in addition to your powdered wig from the judiciary, where, unlike reading a person his Miranda rights in the real world, you brandish your digital truncheon, assault an innocent citizen and then haul that same individual before a court of one, so you may render your 140-count verdict – on Twitter – of absolute condemnation.
My question to you, therefore, is simple: When is my execution date?
Your tweet encouraging people to contact you if they believe Paycoin™ is a scam is some of the most outrageous behavior I have witnessed by a so-called professional.
If you are unable to distinguish between facts and beliefs – if you think we each have a right to our own opinions and our own version of the truth – then you are a reporter in name only.
Would you, for example, publish a tweet requesting submissions from your followers – I hope they are not morally blind followers – about their beliefs concerning any and all things you deem a potential scam?
Your tweet is an updated version of an infamous loaded question: When, Mr. Garza, did you stop beating your wife?
I will not hesitate to expose egregious behavior that masquerades as journalism, when it is, in fact, the assembly of a star chamber designed to malign a person's character, sow dissent and destroy an industry – never mind a specific company or currency – about which, after speaking with you, I believe you neither understand nor appreciate.
I hope you conduct future interviews with a greater degree of preparedness.
Readers of Ars Technica deserve solid journalism, not gutter politics.
Josh Garza
