VA Blogger Alex Horton speaks out on NPR

Military blogger Alex Horton who criticized the VA on his personal blog Army of Dude (only to be offered a job by them) did a recent interview on NPR to discuss his role.

If you remember last month, a Federal Times reporter questioned Alex's effectiveness, saying, "now that he's part of the system, Horton isn't showing as much fire."

Well, Alex has responded.

Alex answered a series of questions on NPR's All Things Considered with Rachel Martin including, "How has his tone changed?”

Criticizing will only get you so far, as Alex tells NPR. Instead of complaining about all the problems, he's hoping he can help fix them.

Several people have commented on the NPR story. Here are a couple examples:

lakers utah (i_love_ghana) wrote:
unfortunately not everyone can criticize the VA and will get a job. lucky guy

Ronald Hamann (unanimous) wrote:
The physical facilities of the VA are the best. It is the uncaring dotes who work within those walls that damage the system. The attitude of "I'd have a good little government job here, if it weren't for the damn patients," is the prevailing attitude of these "Civil Servants."

You can listen to the show and read NPR's article here.

It’s only a few minutes long, but there’s a lot of good information and insight into what’s been going on with Alex.
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