Ep. 692: Bob Woodward Spins John Belushi with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Michael Covel's Trend Following
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The Importance of Motivation in the Life of John Belushi
Woodward wrongly calls the cafeteria scene a rehearsal when half the point of the story is that Belushi pulled it off without ever rehearsing it once. When I interviewed him, Landis disputed that he ever referred to Belushi as lazy or undisciplined. And if you mischaracterize someone's career to that extent, you have to think that for whatever reason, Bob Woodward did not like John Belushi. He picked up the range of directions one could go using what he thinks were facts to create something that did not happen. This gets right back to my little example with the media when I was 21 years of age. There are people in this world. I call them weasels
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