Sacrificial Lambs Sniffing Sour Milk

One of MHISC's roles is to represent the views of the industry to the news media.

WFAV, the public radio station in Charlotte did a 25 minute interview about wind safety.

The reporter seemed like a nice guy but I think he went into the interview with some pretty negative, and common, assumptions. You get the feeling that after your comments are chopped and edited, the result isn't going to be pretty.

Apparently some other people in the industry turned down the opportunity to be interviewed. I felt like the sacrificial lamb, but somebody's got to do these interviews.

Being interviewed and listening to how your comments get translated into a news story is sometimes a bit like finding an old milk carton in the back of the refrigerator. You KNOW it's going to be sour but you open it up and take a sniff anyway.

They plan to send it to NPR, so if hear happen to hear the piece, please let me know how it went. There's always that small hope that maybe the reporter will say, "I get it; modern-day manufactured homes are well-built and they have a great safety record. That Dillard guy is right. There's no disputing his logic and command of the facts."

It could happen that way, right? Let's take a wiff of that milk