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Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 12/27/2007 12:20:49 PM
Title: Philly mag editor on the Reid interview
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From LARRY PLATT, editor, Philadelphia magazine: It is not accurate to say that "the article was read over, edited and approved by the Reids," and that is not what the interviewer, features editor Bob Huber, said on WIP.

As I say in my letter from the editor, the interview was a collaboration between Huber and the Reids. It is the Reids' very personal story -- the coverline reads, in fact, "Our Story." This was a unique situation; not a story about the Reids so much as them telling their story, in just shy of 4,000 words. I wanted it to fully reflect the story that was in their hearts; to that end, we showed them the transcript without giving them control. Any issues they had would be discussed as part of a back and forth with me. They had only a few minor word alterations, which I was happy to make. They knew going in that I was under no obligation to run the interview, and that I wouldn't if they weren't forthright and frank.

Frankly, no reasonable reading of the interview could conclude that it's anything but an open, credible, painfully honest account of two loving parents' struggle against tragic drug addiction. I invite this dude from Outsports to actually read the interview before drawing conclusions. (To do so, he'll have to pick it up on the newsstand -- I get a year-end newsstand bonus, after all -- or wait till we post it in full on our website; right now, we've posted exclusive excerpts.) [Permalink]

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