Guys,<br><br>Please keep this off list, and send any issues involving Cynthia to me while we are still mediating... Thanks and hugs Tony...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anthonyletigre@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthonyletigre@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Cynthia just brought to my attention the fact I never answered this HARDBALL question of hers. I'm afraid there was just too much drama the week it was posted for me to get to it. My drama schedule for this week is looking fairly light, so I thought I'd reanimate this corpse just for fun.....</div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:35 AM, cynthia lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cynthia.jeanne.lee@gmail.com" target="_blank">cynthia.jeanne.lee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></b><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<b>Tony,<br>I have previously had a discussion with you about a possible conflict of interest that you have with my anti Big Pharma stand and specifically with my intention of inviting Peter Duesberg to speak. Don't you agree that someone who generates income by writing for publications dependent on huge advertising dollars from this industry (in the past and potentially in the future) would have a potential conflict of interest when objecting to my activities?</b><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
</font></span></blockquote></div><div><br></div>Yes, as I've told many people (it's not a secret), I freelanced for the Bay Area Reporter last year for 6 months.<div><br><div>Their editor, Cynthia Laird, chastised me when she found out I was involved with Occupy Wall Street while writing about it at the same time. (Conflict of interests? Perhaps, but I think it's possible to a journalist and an activist....I've written & posted about this issue before....not gonna re-hash it on NB Discuss.) That's when I decided to stop writing for the Bay Area Reporter and start my own publication. That was the genesis of ZiP.</div>
<div><br></div><div>At no time was I a paid staff writer for the B.A.R. (a conservative paper that represents much of what I dislike about the gay community and identity these days), nor did they ever or will they ever dictate my opinions on anything from Big Pharma to my choice in cocktails or wearing mismatched socks. I felt like an infiltrator when I freelanced for them, subverting from within -- as a matter of fact I was surprised they ever let me write for them. I think their editor may have had me confused with someone else (Tony the Tiger from Frosted Flakes maybe?)</div>
<div><br></div><div>They paid me $50 per article. I think I made a total of less than $1,000 from them in 6 months. (The same 6 months I was living on the street! They didn't know that either.) The Christmas party at Palio d'Asti last December was fun, though. I had the butternut squash raviolo and LOTS of wine, and complimented publisher Thomas Horne on his tie -- but disagreed with him about mayoral candidates. (I voted for Terry Baum.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope that info is of use to you.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>T</div><div><br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anthonyletigre@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthonyletigre@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm sorry, what is the conflict of interest you're referring to?<div>Do you think that I'm being paid by Big Pharma to spread disinfo about Duesberg?</div>
<div>That would be hilariously inaccurate.</div><div>Sorry, I think I may have missed something you posted about this on NB Discuss.....could you reiterate (in a nutshell)?</div><div><div>
<div><br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Cynthia Jeanne Lee MD <div>
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