hey everybody how's it going so last
year i did a piece with luther abel at
national review he did an interview and
he had a lot of good questions that he
asked about right to repair and he had
some challenges for me and it was a good
piece i all really appreciated that he
never
added on to what i was saying or made it
sound like i was saying something that i
didn't because from time to time i'll do
interviews with people in the media and
i'll see the piece afterwards and
there'll be these small things added in
that are not fully accurate or what i
said but it won't be enough for me to
bother emailing them sometimes it will
be and i'll have to say hey that's not
what i said or hey this is i know you
you may think that or you may have kind
of added that on there but that part's
not true that's extra and you really
shouldn't be there and sometimes they'll
just get the entire story wrong or
they'll be a piece of evidence that
they're missing and in spite of being
very interested in hearing what i have
to say up to the point that the story
doesn't fit their narrative they will no
longer even respond to me if i send them
something that doesn't fit the narrative
of their story and i went over that in a
video two years ago what i really
appreciated about luther at national
review is he didn't
twist any of what i said he didn't add
anything extra he just had really good
questions and he did a lot of research
this year he wanted to cover right to
repair again and instead of just copying
and pasting what everybody else is
saying about it he had a 30 minute
conversation with me i gave him some
sources for what i was saying and he
actually called up those sources and had
a lengthy conversation with them so that
his piece would be accurate you could
tell that blackberry is happy about that
too because she's meowing in the
background and i got this card in the
mail the other day i just want to say
thank you for it says dear mr rossman
thank you very m for your time speaking
with me about right to repair your
expertise in the subject was much
appreciated and helpful in getting me up
to speed on the latest developments
grateful luther abel there's actually a
handwritten card that he mailed me to
thank me for speaking with him and
giving him some sources and those
sources are most likely going to be part
of a future story and those
conversations that he had with those
sources were fairly productive
i really wish i could say who they were
at this point in time but i do not want
to give the lobbyists that are
most likely wondering how i'm where i'm
going to get started spending this money
any time to know where i'm starting
and i i'd rather for once
in right to repair be ahead rather than
chasing somebody else so i'm not going
to say who just yeah you have to wait
for the article i really appreciated
this i appreciate his brand of
journalism and i just want to highlight
when this kind of stuff happens similar
to the article that napoleon did back
around april or may he did an amazing
piece and i'll link it down below when
you find journalists like that that
don't just copy and paste the existing
narrative but really really dig in to
understand the nuance of it and post
something that is 100 factually accurate
i really do appreciate that and i just
think that that should be pointed out in
a time when most people are just copying
and pasting what everybody else has to
say about a subject so that they can get
their piece out faster than everybody
else so thank you very much to luther at
national review i really appreciate your
card and uh yeah best of luck to you and
your journalistic efforts in the future