Fact or Fiction- A view from two perspectives

He might come off as arrogant, maybe even a know it all.  But like he and a little town way up north, people wouldn't know who he really was until they got to know him  and that little town personally.

Chris Ingraham spent most of his time working figures and charts using analytical methods to decide what was fact.   Using these methods he posted a article on his blog saying that Red Lake County, MN was the worst county in the United States.

Much to his surprise not only Red Lake County attacked his reasoning, the entire state of Minnesota chimed in with their two cents raging against his article.

The reporter had given the local hangouts at morning coffee plenty to talk about.  Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat were the breeding ground for angry comments and remarks were bitter. Pride came out in full force from community members.

Red Lake Falls dug in their heels and used his article to their advantage. Restaurants named burgers after the "name of shame" the town had received.   Jason, a business owner took it a step further. He decided to officially invite Chris to the worst county to prove that fact can sometimes be fiction. For some reason by the time the word got around Red Lake County, instead of it being the worst county in the United States, it became the ugliest county.

 Chris came in to town apprehensive and unsure of what his welcome would be.  Much to his surprise and delight he was greeted warmly and shown all the beautiful sites in the county and met some pretty incredible people.  He agreed that his factual information sometimes needed a personal touch and would revise his view of Red Lake County by writing another article.

A lesson was learned.

Not only did the community and scenery change Chris Ingraham's view, he changed the community's view.  No longer was he the arrogant reporter from Washington that didn't know what he was talking about, but a kind, down to earth reporter that was going to change the way Red Lake County was portrayed and put them on the map in a positive light.  And he did.

And that's a fact.