People often don't want to talk to journalists, and they have every right not to talk to us. It's fi

People often don't want to talk to journalists, and they have every right not to talk to us. It's fine. Decline. Or just don't reply. I get it. The one response that I sometimes get that makes my blood boil though is when they tell me they aren't relevant to whatever story I'm working on. If I've found you, you're relevant. Don't tell me that I don't know what I'm doing. I do, in fact, know what I'm doing. 

I ascribe this obtuse response in part to the widespread and bizarre unwillingness of people to just answer questions with some form of "no," but it really is okay to just refuse.