Yesterday I was contacted by Elizabeth Rose of the “At Large” news program with Geraldo on Fox. They are putting together a news piece for Sunday at 10pm about the recent events in Reno regarding straightedge. At the beginning of the conversation Elizabeth told me she wanted to get me on the show. After interviewing me for about an hour I think she changed her mind.
In our conversation she asked me about violence and why I thought the straightedge kids in Reno are violent. She also asked me if I could direct her to someone who epitomizes such behavior. When I told her that in my experience I had met very few violent straightedge kids she seemed disappointed. I told her about a friend of mine who has been involved with straightedge for many years and has lived in a handful of states and experienced many straightedge scenes. It wasn’t until I told her that he is covered in tattoos that she showed interest. I made the comment that he’s a preppy edge boy and she replied by saying that she didn’t want preppy she wanted wild, maybe with a bit of dyed pink hair. By the end of the conversation she left me with a “We’ll be in touch”.
Elizabeth did end up speaking to my friend. This morning I spoke to him and we discussed our conversations with her. We both feel that Fox is looking for a sensational story and we don’t fit the bill. I am very nervous about how straightedge will be portrayed on Fox this Sunday. Though they claim to be “fair and balanced” I fear this will turn into another media circus that focuses on a small minority of people, and leaves the general population of straightedge looking badly.
Please write to the “At Large Show” at atlarge@foxnews.com and ask them to please show all sides of the story. The last thing the straightedge community needs is another media outlet exploiting straightedge. If you do plan on writing “At Large” I urge you to keep your emails polite and non-threatening. The last thing we as a community need to do is feed this fire.
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