Roaches And Black Mold: Inside South Carolina’s Freshman Dorms

How about contacting USC and asking for a comment before publishing, FITS? They do after all have a very sizable and active public communications division – did it ever occur to you to contact them for feedback? That was a journalistic standard for ages; not doing so would draw criticism of a journalist drafting a “hatchet piece” or being a “hack”. Maybe USC would show that they spent thousands of dollars of pest control, indoor air quality abatement, and then conducted a student survey to see if they thought things improved. Maybe that would show that you are only listening to a few hyperactive Karens and spoiled rich kids….but then again, maybe not. We don’t know because we’re only hearing one side of the story. But such is the state of journalism these days…..