Pharr Housing Authority: TRO/Lawsuit hearing Jan. 25
Tue, 2016-01-19 22:30
News Staff
By G. Romero Wendorf
If there’s one thing reporters hate, besides the internet going down, it’s when the two sides of a story get lawyered up. Phone calls aren’t returned, and people go into lock-down mode. Lips button up. What’s a story without plenty of quotes?
Typically, this happens more on the side of the defense – people quit talking to reporters. Plaintiffs are more apt to talk than are the defendants, but even plaintiff attorneys don’t want their clients talking to the media after a lawsuit’s been filed, because reporters are known to take quotes out of context (a malicious lie). It’s better to let the attorney handling the case talk to the media. That way, no one strays into strange territory (which is what reporters actually prefer).
Can’t blame them. Loose lips sink ships, as they used to say during WWII, and they can sink a lawsuit.