[cyncooper]

"There's no reason why they shouldn't," Osnos said. "This isn't Amber Frey, who fell into a situation and then try to capitalize on it.

Let's see. Amber Frey unwittingly gets entangled with a wife murderer and actually is part of that story as she agreed to tape the man, thereby helping convict him.

What was Joan's part in this saga again? Oh, that's right. She "fell into it" by the luck of family.

[onyx]

Felt's family will also have to compete with Woodward, whose own Deep Throat book is being rushed into print by Simon & Schuster.

Bless his heart. He's dang near been scooped! FOTFL!

[Howlin]

Look here:

On Wednesday, word came that the family of Mr. Felt - the ailing, 91-year-old former No. 2 official of the F.B.I. - had sought payment in vain for his story after failing to reach a collaborative agreement with Mr. Woodward, not only from Vanity Fair, but also from People magazine and HarperCollins Books. They are apparently still determined to claim their share of the story that has helped make Mr. Woodward a millionaire.

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J. Todd Foster, managing editor of The News-Virginian of Waynesboro, said that in 2003, after being frustrated in their efforts to persuade Mr. Woodward to cooperate, the Felt family had come to him - about six months after he had approached them on his own hunch that Mr. Felt was Deep Throat - to propose a collaboration. At the time, Mr. Foster was a contributor to People, which he said considered but rejected an article because the Felts wanted payment.


"This was always about the money, and they were very up front with me," he said in a telephone interview.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/politics/02woodward.html?hp&ex=1117684800&en=489eb8edf71bb989&ei=5094&partner=homepage

AND

What's her face on MSNBC said that Woodward, who works for Vanity Fair, too, knew NOTHING about this article coming out!

[Howlin]

We knew yesterday that something wasn't right here. She was just TOO DAMN GIDDY about the whole thing.

I wonder if Woodward & Bernstein's article is coming out tonight.