response to article

My response to the article was at first just like the rest of the class. I thought that it was a poor representation of how my classmates actually felt about the politics in our state. After some time and the editor of the paper speaing with the class though, I feel like there was a slight overreaction to the article itself. I still disagree with her choice in quotes, but I now understand that it was our choice to be interviewed and while we are in the presence of a reporter we need to be more attentive of what we are saying. You cannot expect an interviewer to pick and choose the quotes that you think reflect you in a good light. Sadly, they have an agenda before an article is written and have the power as the writer to manipulate what is being said to fit their view. It is the author's right to give her opinion of what she believes we think just as it is our right to tell the paper that the article is wrong.