Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then in that case your own professionalism will carry the day. Remember you're not joined at the hip with the reporter. I always found that the photographer usually brought about a bit of relief from the interview grind. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, AGCC http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Aug 1, 2005, at 8:55 PM, brad daly wrote: > so there's a problem. the reporter i'm accompanying, who will be > writing for one of our local alt-weeklies, the birmingham weekly, > is pissed because dean's people are only giving him 5 minutes. in > what seems to me to be retaliation, he has decided to take along an > assistant with a bell and do an interview in a format copied from > some TV show: 20 questions in 5 minutes, ringing the bell after 10 > seconds of dean's answers. earlier i questioned the wisdom of > doing this, and the reporter responded with something along the > lines of "fuck 'em if they can't take a joke." i'm actually > thinking of begging off because i'm really not interested in being > part of some amateurish, sophomoric fiasco. (alabama's already all > but irrelevant to the democratic party, and i don't think acting > like a bunch of hipster assholes to the party chairman is going to > help.) plus, i like and admire howard dean and really don't want > to be part of insulting him. > > any advice? perhaps i'm overreacting. > > --brad > > -- > brad daly > brad@bradbrad.com > http://www.bradbrad.com > > What Would Bill Hicks Say? > > > "Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial > reasons." > --Bertrand Russell > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >