Robin to Trevor:
I may live in a doublewide trailor...
BUT AT LEAST *I* STILL HAVE A JOB!!!
;>}
Ed
robin wrote:
> Craig Zeigler wrote:
>
>> Go Robin... put the lowly reporter in his place :P
>
>
> Trevor got a lot of facts about me wrong, I'm sorry to say. He and I
> were both drinking, and he was not taking notes but apparently worked
> from memory. I am not arguing with his characterization of me, but he
> messed up many details: I was a sysop for Compuserve and later NVN, not
> Prodigy, for example. Also, the readership figures he quoted were for
> all of OSDN, not just for NewsForge. Big difference!
>
> And my first published non-fiction piece was about property taxes, not a
> shooting, and I drove a cab - not a limo - back when I wrote both of
> those stories. The shooting article came into the dicussion because it
> led to a string of death threats from people who claimed to be NRA
> members. It was far from my first article for the Baltimore Evening Sun
> back in its heyday, and it was mentioned only to explain why I found
> tech journalism easy (and safe) compared to hard-core political
> reporting and editorializing.
>
> Those of you who have seen me "on duty" know that I'll play the redneck
> idjit role to the hilt, but that I am a scrupulous and careful reporter
> and constant note-taker. Yes, I have one book out, and I have a contract
> for a second. That part is 100% true, as is the income level he quoted,
> which I get because I work 80+ hours in the average week.
>
> I also own, beside the little trailer in Bradenton, a larger place in
> Maryland -- although I prefer the Bradenton trailer. Why a large house
> makes one a better person I do not know. I am simply not a materialistic
> person....
>
> But Trevor's a good guy, and I think the Planet was silly to let him go.
> He's done a fair amount of tech reporting in the past, and I just
> commissioned a freelance article from him for NewsForge. I will,
> however, make sure I fact-bcheck him very carefully. I am as compulsive
> about accuracy as an editor as I am as a reporter...
>
> - Robin
>
>
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