Journalist researching article info on t-girl admirers

[smc]

I have worked as a professional journalist at various points in my career, both in the United States and France, and it is by virtue of having had that experience that I second many of CreativeMind's points. My first step was to Google Peter Berton / journalist, and I came up empty. However, assuming that Peter Berton is a "legitimate" journalist (and in these days of IndyMedia and other social media "journalism" it is becoming increasingly difficult to stick by the old definition of legitimate in this context), his approach to gathering information here is unconventional enough to warrant strong skepticism. Further, the answers to the questions he asks are of the sort that, in some circumstances, could have a profoundly deleterious effect should the identities of those who answer be uncovered.

One final thought: without a more journalistically acceptable approach to identifying, aggregating, and measuring the sources, Peter Berton's article itself would be suspect as actual journalism. I suspect it would come across more like a picaresque story of adventure through whatever answers are most [fill in the blank] to him as a reader rather than as a writer.

[charlietwobeans]

Way to go. thanks for looking out for all of us. Not sure how responding to this guy's questions could hurt, but thanks for taking the time to at least research him a little. I would have been dumb enough to respond without thinking of any consequences.

[crossingoceans]

I really think that a moderator should get into this, and ask him a few more questions...

[aa2239]

Originally Posted by Icekiller

I really think that a moderator should get into this, and ask him a few more questions...

Good idea, if it hasn't already been done... he hasn't posted again since his initial request, so maybe he's been challenged and found out (or maybe he's already got the responses he wanted from other users).

[ila]

Originally Posted by Icekiller

I really think that a moderator should get into this, and ask him a few more questions...

The OP has requested permission from the owner of the site to start this thread. I cannot vouch for the veracity of him being a journalist. Everything the OP has asked about can be found in various threads throughout the site. It is up to individuals on this site to decide whether or not to answer the OP.

[tslust]

Originally Posted by charlietwobeans

Way to go. thanks for looking out for all of us. Not sure how responding to this guy's questions could hurt, but thanks for taking the time to at least research him a little. I would have been dumb enough to respond without thinking of any consequences.

You might be surprised at how little information someone needs to damage your life.
This guy just came off a little creepy. I mean a "journalist" that nobody has ever heard of is is asking members of a Shemale Porn Forum some personal questons as reasearch for an article for a paper that he doesn't even write for. It's all a little too creepy for me. Call me paranoid, but I think he is either someone who wants to be a journalist and is just too lazy to do his own reasearch; or maybee he is simply running some sort of scam, or worse.