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That's what I'm here for. As The Crimson's Reader Representative, I'm here to listen to your feedback and help to facilitate a dialogue about the accuracy, depth, and impact of The Crimson's coverage...
...charge of the Reader Representative is to investigate complaints, inform editors of reader perspectives, and provide a forum in this column where The Crimson can be critiqued by readers and defended by editors. I am an impartial observer; I've never before written for The Crimson. Think of me as your voice in the newsroom, someone to present your concerns to the paper's staff. The Crimson should serve a greater purpose than as wrap for Harvard Dining Services' fried cusk. It's my responsibility to make sure that reader comments are recognized and addressed in the newspaper...
...order to encourage reader comments, here are some sample comments that might reflect some of your concerns about The Crimson. Then again, they might not. But I won't know if you don't tell...
...Reader comment No.1: "You published a picture of me in Wednesday's Crimson, catching me mid-gesture, looking as if I eat small children. Did you have to make me look so strange? Sincerely, James Carville." My response: according to your wife, that is an accurate and relatively common representation of your appearance. Therefore, I believe in this case that The Crimson's coverage was fair and accurate. But thanks for the feedback. If anyone else thinks a picture or an article distorts the truth, I'll investigate his or her concerns as well...
...Reader comment No.2: "You ran a story last Saturday covering a professor's talk on the alien abduction experience. However, you have consistently ignored the concerns of Harvard students who have themselves been abducted by aliens." Well, this is probably not the largest group of Harvard students who feels ignored by The Crimson. If you think The Crimson hasn't covered your segment of the Harvard community, give me a call...