Woodward's Debt to Deep Throat (Sydney H. Schanberg of "The Killing Fields" tells Woodward: pay up)

The Village Voice ^ | June 21st, 2005 | Sydney H. Schanberg

[summer]

Hi Amelia, Nice to hear from you. :)

[summer]

I think people in politics must sometimes lose their perspective, in that they do not see the most obvious facts. Thanks for your reply, Dog.

[okie01]

But if that's true, it seems to me a major publisher might have come forward.

Rightly or wrongly, Woodward's will be "the definitive Deep Throat book". Unless there are some significant new revelations to be revealed, Felt's book will be an also-ran.

Had Felt gone to the trouble of writing his memoirs immediately after he retired, based on notes he maintained at the time (which he almost certainly wouldn't have dared to do), then putting the manuscript in a safe deposit box to be brought forward at this moment, his story will be no more than a footnote.

If I were his agent, and his sole concern was making money from the book, I would advise him to tell the tale with a different, more controversial, spin -- that it was he who was using Woodward & Bernstein for his own selfish purposes. It would do nothing for his character or memory, but it would appeal to a different segment of the book-buying public.

And it would be, in all liklihood, the truth...

[GOPJ]

Definition -- Woodward, Washington Post and New York Times STAR reporters:

(1) stenographers for the FBI and assorted powerful liberals. (2) High level press release recipients.