[jayswin]

Loved Franklin. He's everything the fans truly want in a journalist - No bull****, no confrontational stuff, no stirring the pot, no devil's advocate. Nothing he did was inflammatory, it was just informational and connecting.

Too often journalists think they have to invent story-lines or create them with friction and contrarian views. But what most journalists need to understand is that there is a grand canyon between what sells and what people like and respect. Everyone turns and looks at a car wreck, but most people don't like or want car wrecks.