How do you move past the personal nature of so many of the comments you get (via Twitter/X, email, or other methods)? It seems like it'd be difficult not to let it get to you at times, but so many journalists, iincluding yourself (at least to an outsider who really knows nothing about you), seem to be able to set that stuff aside when writing a new piece.
So you just chalk it up to "well I know what some folks are gonna say about this already?" and try to ignore that population? Do you feel any motivation to try and get through to those kinds of people despite their bad faith communications?
How do you move past the personal nature of so many of the comments you get (via Twitter/X, email, or other methods)? It seems like it'd be difficult not to let it get to you at times, but so many journalists, iincluding yourself (at least to an outsider who really knows nothing about you), seem to be able to set that stuff aside when writing a new piece.
So you just chalk it up to "well I know what some folks are gonna say about this already?" and try to ignore that population? Do you feel any motivation to try and get through to those kinds of people despite their bad faith communications?