Letters to the Editor
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"Schneider, come to my office..."
ABC Exec: What's going on with the Salon blogger?
Schneider: He's been criticizing our reporting on Iran and after I'd contacted him to correct the record he started criticizing Ross's anthrax reports in 2001.
ABC Exec: Maybe this is an instance where it's better to let sleeping dogs lie.
Schneider: I think we need to...
ABC Exec: It's not productive to rehash the Anthrax reporting. Let's just move on.
Schneider: But if Greenwald persists...
ABC Exec: Look, Schneider, perhaps you're still in shock but take if from me: you've just been run over this Greenwald tank and you're not thinking clearly. All you did was piss this guy off when you called him about the Iran report and now he's killing on the Anthrax stories, where frankly we're on rather soft ground, aren't we? Does the word "bentonite" mean anything to you?
Schneider: I merely told Greenwald that we had retracted...
ABC Exec: Stop. Stop. Not one more call to Greenwald. Do you understand me? Another call to this guy and he'll be giving us the Fox News treatment! Have you seen what he's done to those sorry sons of bitches? YOU DO NOT KNOW GLENN GREENWALD. I want you to erase his phone number and e-mail from your computer. I don't want to hear his name AGAIN. Do you understand.
Schneider: Look...
ABC Exec: I asked you if you understood. One more call to Greenwald and you'll be doing human interest stories at an affiliate in Alaska. Now get out of here.