And that tunnel vision includes not even looking at the department which supposedly offers that job to you? Since everyone seems to beat the same horse, I feel

And that tunnel vision includes not even looking at the department which supposedly offers that job to you? Since everyone seems to beat the same horse, I feel like I have to declare that of course, everyone can make a slip up, nobody is free of failure, we are all human. This is so obvious that I feel stupid stating it. But we're talking about a journalist. The protagonists of a story do have an influence on its perception.