Why do the boylovers distrust me?
Journalists will often find that their intentions are distrusted by the participants on BoyChat; this distrust is sometimes expressed in strong terms. In order to understand the suspicion with which some boylovers greet outsiders, journalists should realize that BoyChat has a long history of being visited by outsiders who claimed that they were writing a balanced report on boylove, and who then proceeded to write a sensationalistic smear article. In some cases, the so-called journalists were not journalists at all. For this reason, it is wise for the journalist, before he requests any information from the participants on BoyChat, to introduce himself and his project at length. A description of how he plans to approach his subject, as well as a link to his organization’s Web site, will help to allay the suspicions of many boylovers. It is not necessary, of course, that journalists be pro-boylove in their approach; most boylovers understand that a balanced news article must present all v
