I was sent a C&D letter from MLB Properties last summer concerning my website and was subsequently interviewed by several different newspapers within a week or so.
EVERY SINGLE ONE of them misquoted me. The most common error was paraphrasing something I said, but maybe not exactly the same, and then placing quote marks around it as if I had uttered those exact words. One New York paper even inserted grammatical errors into sentences I never spoke! The key thing is that I believe all of these reporters were composing stories from memory rather than tape.
About a month after the initial wave of publicity, a reporter in the Philly area (Harrisburg?) named David Jones contacted me for an interview. The first thing I did was relate my previous misquotes and asked if he was using a tape recorder. He was, and he produced a very accurate and fair story.
Sometimes what looks like malicious reporting could be nothing more than sloppiness.
This is great because it pits the money of the Hollywood media syndicate against the money of the Religious Right, which is big into editing 'filth' out of movies.
Someone needs to eventually put this legal battle on DVD and serve me a bowl of popcorn!
This is great because it pits the money of the Hollywood media syndicate against the money of the Religious Right, which is big into editing 'filth' out of movies.
Someone needs to eventually put this legal battle on DVD and serve me a bowl of popcorn!
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They were sued by Radio Shack in the late Eighties and changed their name to 'AutoZone' I agree, though, about smelling chicken.
I was sent a C&D letter from MLB Properties last summer concerning my website and was subsequently interviewed by several different newspapers within a week or so. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them misquoted me. The most common error was paraphrasing something I said, but maybe not exactly the same, and then placing quote marks around it as if I had uttered those exact words. One New York paper even inserted grammatical errors into sentences I never spoke! The key thing is that I believe all of these reporters were composing stories from memory rather than tape. About a month after the initial wave of publicity, a reporter in the Philly area (Harrisburg?) named David Jones contacted me for an interview. The first thing I did was relate my previous misquotes and asked if he was using a tape recorder. He was, and he produced a very accurate and fair story. Sometimes what looks like malicious reporting could be nothing more than sloppiness.
This is great because it pits the money of the Hollywood media syndicate against the money of the Religious Right, which is big into editing 'filth' out of movies. Someone needs to eventually put this legal battle on DVD and serve me a bowl of popcorn!
This is great because it pits the money of the Hollywood media syndicate against the money of the Religious Right, which is big into editing 'filth' out of movies. Someone needs to eventually put this legal battle on DVD and serve me a bowl of popcorn!