It's not journalism Murph.It is
a form of abuse.It is a deliberate slur on my character.
Saying I'm doing a deal over my dead friend's grave is
designed to make me look insincere and shallow and my friendship
with Steve insignificant.We know from the past that some
journalists monitor your site, that they take communications
between us and write them up as stories.
I've got
two representatives who knew the truth, and were ready
to respond. Professionals, well known to the outlets .However,
asking them would ruin the story.Only one magazine called
Robin first.( US weekly)
Even those journalists who
poach your site, Murph,do it only when it suits the agenda
.All these outlets know I'm about to do press in the U.S.
and through Europe.They want to ensure that instead of
just talking about AGY, I will have to spend x time denying
this rumour, then they can run the story about how I've
now changed my mind about a movie based on Steve's life,
not that it was a deliberately false story to start with,
but that I'm facile and pusillanimous.
That old adage that
people don't believe what they read in tabloid magazines
may still hold a sliver of truth,but the guardian?
the SMH? Most folks have no grasp that these "credible" news
outlets are run on the same basis.Fill the pages first,deal
with consequences later.The worst part of this, is that
there is never any consequences for them,no recourse for
the abused.How can anybody wonder why I think so little
of the fourth estate?
This is not me being angry, I'm
just pointing out the facts ma'am.
rc