I've been in the public eye for more than 18 years, in Europe and the US. I've enjoyed fame and recognition, which comes at a price.

That price isn't privacy, as many would have you believe, the price is the cost of the truth.

I've been interviewed hundreds of times. By broadcasters, publications, newspapers, magazines, school papers. You name it, they's interviewed me.

Not once, ever, has the result been factually correct.

I've been interviewed -- by professional journalists, mind you -- half-dozens of times and not one phrase attributed to me inside quotation marks was a direct, word-for-word quote. Not one.

Hey, it's another argument for weblogs: If you want to be understood and quoted accurately, quote yourself.   

9:00:48 AM  comment []    

Also, every time you link you're helping the Internet because search engines will adjust the page's rank accordingly. Over time, as you develop a community, more people will point to your blog, and your choice of links will have more weight.

Professional journalist, writer, information junkie, opinionated swine, whatever. A weblog is a gift.  

12:30:16 AM  comment []