Word: exposer
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One of the toughest parts about interviewing people who write for a living is that they think they know more than you do about the subject. With the Expos investigation, The Crimson had to talk to 71 such people.
Chief among the criticisms was the choice of the word "trenchant" to describe widespread personnel problems in Expos. Teachers said the word was imprecise and didn't really mean anything in the context of describing personnel problems. So we checked the Oxford English dictionary:
From the Director of Expos
The second and longer of the two interviews was the more intense. The Crimson asked questions about the director's treatment of employees, which had been strongly criticized by the vast majority of 71 current and former Expos teachers interviewed. Marius answered the questions and kept his cool, until the...
Marius said The Crimson had never talked to the many personal friends of his who had taught in the program. These friends, he said, would never criticize his management of Expos. The Crimson reporter immediately asked him to name his friends.