Time: Fri Mar 07 14:00:39 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA27672; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:06:47 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 13:55:30 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: J. Orlin Grabbe speaks about 60 Minutes <snip> >C- > > Sixty Minutes didn't do s***. >They just gave me a lot of free >publicity and I have picked up a lot of >new web page readers--I've got their >letters of support to prove it. > > I won't go into it now. I had >weeks to prepare for the interview, and >anticipated every angle (I made a >couple of slip-ups, but they weren't >intelligent enough to use them). > > There was a lot of pressure. >Sixty Minutes gets a hour plus of tape, >of which they will use maybe a minute >and a half. They are renowed for >choosing a tiny part that makes them >look super good and the subject super >bad. With the same material, I could >have made Leslie Stahl look like Adolf >Hitler. But I knew all that beforehand, >and have no complaints. > > It was really funny. They were so >desperate to do a hatchet job on me, >they would agree to do it anywhere >(Leslie Stahl flew out to Reno, went >straight to the interview, went >straight back to the airport, and went >back to New York). It was only the >second time 60 Minutes had ever been in >Reno (the other time was the President >of University of Nevada, Reno, re some >sports thing). Even the Producer made >a special trip out ahead of time, to >reassure me it wasn't a hatchet job. >(So, of course, I knew it was going to >be a hatchet job.) > > So I made them meet me at a bar >called "Area 51". It was hilarious. > > I gave them no material to attack >me with except for the subject matter >(TWA 800, etc.) and Leslie Stahl >made a fool of herself attacking the >missile theory as well as advocating >censorship of the news. > > I wore my best Greg Allman wig, >drank a guinness on camera (to give >them an out--i.e. I'm just a >neighborhood drunk [which raises the >question why they are there in the >first place] ), which is the spin they >put on it. Which also will annoy >about 1/2 of blue collar America--prim >Leslie Stahl with every hair in place. >I decided on this image about two weeks >before the interview: but, as it turned >out, I had the flu and was losing my >voice (it was gone by 6 pm, after the >interview which took place around >1:30), so I ended up having a second >reason for the guinness. > > In the end, all Stahl could say >was, in effect: "Parents remember when >your children are on the Internet to >protect them from reading the likes of >J. Orlin Grabbe."--annoying everyone >who believes in the First Amendment. > > It worked out fine. (There is >more to the story--but I can't discuss >this at the moment.) But I'm laughing >all the way to the media bank. > > Besides, the CBS editors got to >see me explaining all about Mike >Wallace's bribe. That was my best >moment (never mind that no one else >will see it). So I expect that rumors >are flying all over the CBS building >right now. > > Orlin > > > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: kalliste@aci.net (J. Orlin Grabbe) > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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