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Being an established writer and a couple bucks will buy you a coffee. She asked, he said no, that would normally be the end of such an interaction. But he dec
by nutate 14y ago
Being an established writer and a couple bucks will buy you a coffee.
She asked, he said no, that would normally be the end of such an interaction. But he decided to publicize the fact that his writing was worth $0 and original writing would be worth $100.
Quite a drop from the $350k he got paid by ABC for his pol pot interview in '87. He then sued them in 2002 for ~$20million, no idea how that case went, but I imagine not that well or else he'd probably be set.
I'm that poor dear's boyfriend so I've obsessed over this odd case for a few days now. :D
- mpclark 14y agoOh, I'm sorry. Please pass on my apology for the "poor dear" thing. I realise it is patronising and unnecessary.
- nutate 14y ago"poor dear" isn't the worst she's been called w/r/t this bit of budgetary honesty coming to light. Nor has she read all that much of the commentary. She has read the pieces by Matt Yglesias, Ezra Klein, etc. The most recent one on Al Jazeera really pissed her off though, because that person had written for cheap or for free for the Atlantic in the past. Which seems disingenuous at best. Some of her writings for the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/sarah-kendzior/ http://www.theatlantic.com/sarah-kendzior/ Her article for Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/201331116423560886.html http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/20133111642... I think Sarah is trying to make a point about wage stagnation, but it is lost in a mist of links and appeals to our better selves. If money wasn't being actively redistributed towards the super wealthy there would be more money for individuals to pay for good writing. I think we can all agree on that. But in the mean time, you take what you can get and work with what you have.