[10/1/2010. See update.]
From: Greg Fisher
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 8:17 AM
To: Robin Abcarian, national correspondent, Los Angeles Times
Cc: Deirdre Edgar, readers’ representative, Los Angeles Times
Subject: RE: credit score, employers, Los Angeles Times, presumptuousness
That is not why I am asking. The question is this: Where did you get that information?
Further, if you can’t name a source for what you believed was a fact, then did you just make it up? In other words, how did it happen?
The bigger question (not for you): How did members of Congress, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of the Treasury conclude that employers use credit scores, and what caused the nauseating media trend?
Citizens looking for jobs have enough to worry about, already. They deserve an explanation.
From: Abcarian, Robin
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:13 AM
To: ‘greg@creditscoring.com’
Subject: Re: credit score, employers, Los Angeles Times
Ah…I see why you are asking: the credit score vs the credit report. I’ll look into running a correction.
From: Abcarian, Robin
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 12:54 AM
To: ‘greg@creditscoring.com’
Subject: Re: credit score, employers, Los Angeles Times
It’s a fact that’s been reported on ad nauseum.
From: Greg Fisher
To: Robin Abcarian, national correspondent, Los Angeles Times
Sent: Fri Sep 24 22:40:22 2010
Subject: credit score, employers, Los Angeles Times
You wrote, “That and his ruined credit score, which prospective employers often check.”
Who is your source regarding credit score use by employers?