[WikiEN-l] The outside world on biographies of slightly notablepeople

[Stephen Bain]

On 6/3/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:39:22 -0400, "Gabe Johnson" <gjzilla at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Well, the front-page interview with the Washington Post and the Fox
> >News appeareance kind of pop that bubble of "do no harm." If she's
> >trying to stay private, then... well... that's probably not the best
> >strategy.
>
> Do not confuse damage limitation with acceptance of unwelcome
> attention.

Indeed, and furthermore do not confuse human interest news stories
with genuine biographical writing.

-- 
Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com