Subject: RE: Vanity Fair |
From: "Sterling & Ross Publishers" <drew@sterlingandross.com> |
Date: 1/19/10, 21:26 |
To: "'Barrett Brown'" <barriticus@gmail.com> |
BB- Call me nuts but I
can’t help but see this as a “teach the debate” kerfuffle. No
one is interested in what you have
to say, just how nutty, snarky and vitriolic the debate has become. And
aligning yourself in major print media with CJ, which the left won’t link
to anyway, while fighting the right, which the right will never link to, is
coverage suicide IMHO.
You know how I feel
about this stuff. You’re going to throw so many bombs that no one will
take you seriously or want to be associated with you, no matter how much sense
you make. Your piece for VF about Mr Major Name got spiked. Do you really think
they care about you, Charles Johnson and Rbt Stacy
McCain (a guy that I out-Google by 600%)?
But if you think you know what you’re doing, go for it.
Drew
From: Barrett
Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
5:20 PM
To: Sterling & Ross Publishers
Subject: Vanity Fair
The editor now wants me
to write a 1,000 word-account of what's been going on with me, Charles Johnson,
and this whole Robert Stacy McCain thing, as NYT Mag is apparently running a
piece on some of this in next issue this weekend and they want to scoop them.
Will be a good chance to get me in the center of things, and will include
footer bio with link to both books.