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I was conned by JT Leroy
I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?
By Ayelet Waldman [2006-01-11]

  • Conned by JT Leroy

    First Ms. Waldman admits that she let herself be conned -- and made an utter fool -- because JT made her feel good about herself, and she can't get angry at people who make her feel good about herself, however dishonest or evil they may be. Then she adds insult to airheadedness by saying she's not really that concerned about the possible consequences of con-artists pretending to be victims in order to divert attention away from people who really are victims.

    Can a journalist get any more oblivious and self-indulgent than this? Can't Salon find someone who actually cares about the world on which he/she is paid to report? You know, the world outside our heads, where actions have consequences?

    I'm not paying good money to be embarrassed by such useless fluff as this.

    -- motherwell
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    Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:40 AM
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