You are correct, but my response to the bolded part is yes, they should have. They absolutely should have stepped up more than others. I agree that too much journalism nowadays is sensationalism over truth but I will give no school of journalism the benefit of the doubt if they keep turning out journalists who do not examine their own confirmation biases. Every single journalist that graduated from UNC should be asking themselves every time they come across a story that puts Duke in an unfavorable light, "Is this true or do I just want it to be true?" Sometimes, but not always, the answer to both those questions will be yes. If a journalist is unable to tell the difference then they aren't actually good at their jobs. And although there are some UNC grads like CD, most of them have preconceived biases when it comes to Duke. They should know this fact about themselves and be extra vigilant when it comes to bringing that bias into their coverage of Duke related news events. When I read stories about Duke that seem overly negatively slanted, I google the reporter. I have yet to find one that didn't go to UNC. I will admit that I have some confirmation bias around this fact, so I try to be fair about my definition of "overly negatively slanted" and have gone so far as to ask neutral third parties their opinion.
Note: we are not rehashing the actual event, we are discussing journalism and confirmation bias.
In person I am chatty, but generally more interested in someone else's life than in mine. I know what I do. I'm fascinated by the lives of other people. In Calgary I met a first nations dude who was a steelworker. Just all of that was fascinating to me and I made him tell me about his life for a full hour. That is a good time.
You sound like me.
Back in the 90s, I worked for 2 days as an extra in a movie. (I am not visible in the finished film.) The movie was set in the 30s and all the extras wore vintage clothes. When I went for my costume fitting, I got to talking to the costumer. She had been a former corps de ballet member at the New York City Ballet. In order to make ends meet because corps de ballet members make diddly squat, she started working in the costume shop. After her dancing days were over, she had costuming experience and went on to be a costumer. She told me no single warehouse in the US had enough vintage 30s dresses to costume 200 extras so the production company had to fly in all the costumes for the extras from England. I told my friend who worked one of those days as an extra with me all this stuff. She asked me, "How did you find out all this stuff?" My response, "I asked her?" People are fascinating. Everybody has a story. Not all of them have biographies that would sell many books, but they all have a story. A lot of them will tell you at least part of theirs if you ask.
It got up to 96 today, air conditioning season in my household has started.
I haven't looked at that closed thread at all. Not sure there is anything there that would be interesting.