Editor and Writer

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(Conversation #7 - Title: Editor and Writer)
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[rn=BRIAN] {40s}: a newspaper editor


[rn=STEVE] {20s}: a young writer
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[rn=BRIAN]
Hey, Steve.  Gotta minute?

[rn=STEVE]
Oh, hey Brian.  What’s up?

[rn=BRIAN]
We’ve got some words from our readers over social media.

[rn=STEVE]
Really?

[rn=BRIAN]
Yes, the article you posted last night.  Seems like some readers felt, like, hey, wait a minute?

[rn=STEVE]
You mean, that story of a kid who got the wrong deposit of 46 million Yen?

[rn=BRIAN]
Exactly.  Some say that the article lacked the point of view of the city officials.

[rn=STEVE]
City officials?

[rn=BRIAN]
Right.  Some readers consider that incident wasn’t the kid’s fault.

[rn=STEVE]
Yeah, I believe those city official employees done sloppy jobs.  I mean, how can they mistakenly deposit 46 million?

[rn=BRIAN]
Which source did you cite?

[rn=STEVE]
Oh, from Nikkei and Japan Times.  Both have decent English pages.

[rn=BRIAN]
Did you also check the original Japanese articles?

[rn=STEVE]
Why?  You mad at me?

[rn=BRIAN]
No, Steve.  It’s just a fact-checking issue.  There might be a chance that the original Japanese articles featured more.

[rn=STEVE]
Why do you think that?

[rn=BRIAN]
Here.  Take a look at my notes.  A couple of user comments pointed out this, this, and that.

[rn=STEVE]
Really?  Let me see.  Oh, shit.  Didn’t know those city official employees admitted their fallacy.

[rn=BRIAN]
You have your notes with you?  Bring it here, and let’s go over this incident again.

[rn=STEVE]
Sure.  Just give me a minute.  Gotta get back to my office and bring my laptop here.

[rn=BRIAN]
Oh, you don’t take handwritten notes?

[rn=STEVE]
I can type fast with both hands, so I mainly use text files instead of physical writing on notepads.

[rn=BRIAN]
As long as we can verify sources, doesn’t matter how you record.

[rn=STEVE]
Well, tonight’s gonna be over-time.