Interview Questions not to ask

[dlgood]

Was sitting in on a telephone interview regarding one of the Navy's ship programs, mostly handling the charts and data for the program manager to reference... And taking notes to make sure he wasn't misquoted.

By way of advice for those of you who might become reporters... when interviewing a US Navy captain, do not read an incendiary post from an internet forum or posting board, and then ask said captain how it makes him/her feel. Unless your primary purpose is to (A) amuse the junior staff in the room and (b) ensure that you never get an interview request granted again.

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[dlgood.livejournal.com]

(Nah, I know, it was probably just some student lefty type venting about all military types being Nazi baby-rapers.)

Actually, the comment was in regards to flaws reported in the construction of the Lead Ships of one of our Navy Shipbuilding programs. The forum poster suggested that Navy designers be stripped naked and flogged - and ticket proceeds for the event could be used toward designing and building a new ship in it's place.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

Glad to see the tradition of military plain-speaking continues.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

I don't think it was a Military person posting. The forum in question, which shall remain nameless, was a general public space...