XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Mar 04, 2008 · 57 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 06 March 2008 at 12:06 PM
Quote - :laugh: Oh snap! Outted by her own sister! That's gotta hurt. I wonder what the family reunions will be like from now on?
Someone pointed out that the unabomber's brother had to think it over for awhile before he contacted the authorities regarding his suspicions about his sibling's crimes. By contrast, the impression that we're left with here is that Margaret Seltzer's sister literally ran to the phone to call the publisher as soon as she spotted her sister's photograph in the newspaper. So I get the impression that the two sisters weren't exactly best buds in the first place. The news reports that I've seen so far don't go into a lot of detail about the internecine aspect of the situation, but it's a point that I'm curious to know more about.
The NYT's would have done themselves a huge favor by seeking out and talking to their their would-be storyteller's relatives several years ago. If they had, then they might have saved themselves a considerable amount of professional embarrassment now. This situation has made has made them look like fools.......once again.