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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Run Silent, Run Cheap-Shot
Good advice. I'd had bad experiences with the press before, but Armstrong
assured me this time would be different.
They wouldn't let me proof-read the article before publication (said doing
so would cost them their jobs) but I did get a chance to go over it on the
phone with FORBES "fact checker" Dirk Smiley. Most every correction we
agreed to was omitted; everything I asked them not to do was done.
In contrast: the magazines I'm presently dealing with asked me to submit my
own story and are allowing me to proof-read the edit before printing.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Wallace" <jon@psubs.org>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Run Silent, Run Cheap-Shot
> After spending 13 years in local politics, I can assure you I know a
> little bit about the press. My first rule was not to do any interviews
> over the phone. I required all questions be put in writing, and then
> I answered in writing. That way I had a record of the transaction.
> It was amazing how much more accurate articles got after I instituted
> this policy.
>
> Jon