In the last ten years I've become an activist, and I've learned a few things.
1) No one likes criticism.
2) Solid criticism that avoids vulgar words and threats works best.
3) Tell the whole story - in your blog entry you don't mention the media outlet, the town, or the store name. Rewrite it and mention them with a time line.
4) Play it like a game of chess. There are media oversight organizations - write them. There are other media outlets - write them. There are politicians - write them.
Blog your letters, and the responses. Google does a good job of indexing this stuff. Use Google to find other instances when the media outlet in question did something out of line and blog them too. Let all of the players know what you are doing. It's amazing, but cockroaches really don't like the light.
Think of the media outlet like a pet dog. If you don't discipline it, it will continue to eat your slippers, mess on the carpet, etc. Be consistent, be polite and above all keep doing it until the behavior in question changes.
You'll be surprised at how effective this sort of thing can be.
Activism
In the last ten years I've become an activist, and I've learned a few things.
1) No one likes criticism.
2) Solid criticism that avoids vulgar words and threats works best.
3) Tell the whole story - in your blog entry you don't mention the media outlet, the town, or the store name. Rewrite it and mention them with a time line.
4) Play it like a game of chess.
There are media oversight organizations - write them.
There are other media outlets - write them.
There are politicians - write them.
Blog your letters, and the responses. Google does a good job of indexing this stuff. Use Google to find other instances when the media outlet in question did something out of line and blog them too. Let all of the players know what you are doing. It's amazing, but cockroaches really don't like the light.
Think of the media outlet like a pet dog. If you don't discipline it, it will continue to eat your slippers, mess on the carpet, etc. Be consistent, be polite and above all keep doing it until the behavior in question changes.
You'll be surprised at how effective this sort of thing can be.