9/26/06 - From Russell on the bogus Irwin story about his wanting to do a biopic on Steve:

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


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