Sometimes, I'm surprised how far I can get as a journalist by asking simple questions to the right people. I just got an answer from a company that was essentially: "We cannot say anthing about this issue, because [very interesting fact about this issu...
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Sometimes, I'm surprised how far I can get as a journalist by asking simple questions to the right people. I just got an answer from a company that was essentially: "We cannot say anthing about this issue, because [very interesting fact about this issue]."
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@hanno Do you notice a correlation between verbosity of the response and company size?
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@zai there's definitely a tendency that smaller companies are more likely to "really talk" openly to you, while with larger ones you often only get "sleek PR statements". But often enough, and I think this is true for both small and large, they simply don't answer at all.
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@hanno "You forgot to say ON BACKGROUND" is the 'simon says' of journalism.
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In case anyone is wondering what this was all about: the DFDS quote https://industrydecarbonization.com/news/why-no-one-wanted-to-buy-the-green-shipping-fuel.html
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@hanno Maritime fuel being entirely unregulated. Perhaps they would like to buy it if they were not allowed to use the dirtiest lead filled sludge instead.