[Peace-discuss] Carl's article

[C. G. Estabrook]

What I insisted on (and still do) is that I approve editorial changes. 
The article has in fact been extensively changed, with my approval. 
What you were apparently going to do was change or remove a section 
without telling me, because you disagreed with it.  --CGE


Bob Illyes wrote:
> It is extremely improbable that the Public i we will publish Carl
> if he continues to threaten to sue us if we change one word of his
> article. We routinely make minor changes during proofing, and even
> reword things when there's consensus that the author did not mean
> to say what s/he wrote (this usually this comes up when a sentence
> doesn't make sense as written).
> 
> This confrontation is completely bizarre. I thought Carl's article
> was good, but that the paragraph on Clinton needed more explanation
> if it were to be included. I was waiting for other opinions before
> talking to Carl when I received the threat to sue. I was finishing
> the editing because Brian, who had been editing the article, asked
> me to.
> 
> Bob