On 8/6/07, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:17 PM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: Brineller quoted in New York Times > > > > On Aug 1, 2007, at 6:39 PM, John Garcia wrote: > > > > > Gautam Mukunda is quoted in the July 31 NY Times piece on Chelsea > > > Clinton. He comments about Chelsea's stint at McKinsey: > > > > [...] > > > > > "From what I know > > > of her father, he has never been in any room in which he was not the > > > center of attention, starting from before he became president. Chelsea > > > has a deeply admirable ability to yield focus." > > > > What a nicely backhanded compliment. > > > > It wasn't meant as a backhanded compliment, but a sincere direct complement. > Gautam said that, in context, that was clear....but the quote wasn't given > in context.
I think what Warren meant was that it was a good compliment to Chelsea and a bit of a backhand against her dad at the same time. That's certainly how I interpreted it. I'm sorry to hear that the interview was supposed to be for background only. I hate it when reporters do things like that. If I remember correctly, the author of the article, Jodi Kantor, was hired to be the Arts and Leisure editor in 2003. I vaguely recall that a lot of long-time employees of the Times thought she was too inexperienced for the editor position, but her hiring was widely praised by many of the younger writers. She had previously worked at Slate, where she was pretty well respected but seemed more oriented to pop culture. She had stepped down from the editorial post to take a regular reporter gig back in 2005. These days, Kantor seems to mostly write political articles, and from what I remember recently, mostly about Obama. I don't know whether or not her background gives you any insight into why she would go against the request to not be named of someone who could have developed into a good source, but that's what I remember about her. Anyway, I hope Guatam writes (or has already written) a letter to the editor to complain about being quoted against his request. -- Mauro Diotallevi "Hey, Harry, you haven't done anything useful for a while -- you be the god of jello now." -- Patricia Wrede, 8/16/2006 on rasfc _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
