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#47: Rebecca Mead, staff writer, the New Yorker

Always Take Notes

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The Lord of Peace

I think that that piece is satirical. The Lord of Peace, at least it was the, you know, there are aspects of it that are intended to be. I don't agree that we're quite accepting of the sort of validity of being a really rich guy at East Meds time. He felt he had been represented accurately and that's always what I want the person to feel that I've written about. It actually sends shivers down my spine now even think about it because that's the sort of reporting fact that when you're on the phone with somebody you think, okay, we've talked for half an hour and I've got the thing I need.

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