"kind words without sounding contrived" In the late 90's I was quoted many times in the press simply as a result of sending emails to writers that lead with te

"kind words without sounding contrived" In the late 90's I was quoted many times in the press simply as a result of sending emails to writers that lead with telling the how much I liked their article on "X" (something I knew about). Then instead of telling them what they said that was wrong [1] I simply told them that if they did another story on the same subject to feel free to contact me in the future. I only said positive things nothing negative. It worked very well. [1] Because as you know anytime you know much about something you always find multiple errors in stories in the paper. So the tendency (which you have to overcome) is to correct people. They don't like that. They don't thank you. They don't say anything. For many reasons (most people don't like to be told they made mistakes obviously) but mainly (I concluded) because they are on to the next story and it simply doesn't matter anymore.