| Subject: Re: CNN Interview |
| From: "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 10/2/08, 20:11 |
| To: "Khristina Narizhnaya" <khrisn@gmail.com> |
Hi, Khristina-
Thanks again for meeting with us last night.
I appreciate your concern, but I didn't mean to give the impression that I was going to do anything off-the-wall; rather, I am simply going to take an unconventional approach to media relations. I've handled these people before and have found that my approach is effective in gaining the necessary level of attention while also maintaining my own alleged respectability. You'll see.
Come up to Williamsburg some time and hang out with us. I'll be in Africa from the 7th to the 22nd, but will otherwise be around.
Thanks,
Barrett
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Khristina Narizhnaya
<khrisn@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Barrett,
It was really great meeting you guys yesterday. Anyway, I just thought of something: you said you were going to do something crazy when you will be interviewed on CNN. That is actually a really bad idea if you want to attract serious minded people to your movement. The conservative media wants you do something crazy on air, so that they can discredit you and your movement by saying things like "that guy is just a nutcase spewing nonsense." If you are serious about your movement, and it seems like you are, you need to go there in a suit or something that looks very respectable, sit across from them and speak politely, and NOT pull any stunts, so that they are not going to have a reason to make fun of you afterward. I can't think of any examples, but it happens all the time. People don't get their message across because as it happens, people in power are pretty conservative, and most public is conservative (in appearance at least.) I mean do whatever you want, but that is my advice. You dont' want them to think you're just another lunatic out there talking about conspiracy theory, and that is exactly what will happen if you start doing crazy things on national tv. Well, that is what I think anyway...I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure I am not.
Cheers,
Khristina