Posted on 09/26/2001 5:20:53 PM PDT by aculeus
Tina Brown finally got a Clinton on her payroll.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, 21, has agreed to write a story for Talk Magazine about her experiences during the World Trade Center attack, a source at the magazine said.
"Chelsea Clinton is pursuing a piece for us related to the World Trade Center disaster," the Talk source said.
The story is expected to run in the November issue of the magazine, though the publication date has not been finalized. Ms. Clinton’s piece is assigned at roughly 1200 words.
A spokesperson for Talk did not immediately return a phone call.
It appears that Talk approached Ms. Clinton, a Stanford graduate who is set to enter Oxford University in England later this fall to study international relations.
Though Ms. Clinton has typically kept a distance from the media, she was so troubled by the World Trade Center tragedy – and by the fact that friends of hers lost loved ones – she decided to go public with her thoughts, a friend of the former First Daughter said.
"She was so moved by the events," the friend said. The friend added that Ms. Clinton didn’t intend to give any more interviews related the tragedy.
Chelsea Clinton was in New York City September 11, the day of the attack. In an interview with NBC’s Jane Pauley, Ms. Clinton’s mother, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said her daughter had planned to go jogging that morning around the World Trade Center plaza, but opted to go to a coffee shop instead.
"She was going to go around the towers," Senator Clinton said. "She went to get a cup of coffee and that's when the plane hit."
Senator Clinton said she wasn’t able to reach Chelsea for two hours after the attack, and was afraid to tell her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who was traveling at the time.
"Bill was in Australia and he was so upset by what he was seeing on television that I didn’t want to tell him that I couldn’t find her until I found her," Senator Clinton said. "I told him, everything’s fine, don’t worry."
Chelsea Clinton has subsequently visited Ground Zero, the site of the demolished World Trade Center, and talked to rescue personnel on the scene.
Reached by The Observer, a spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton declined comment on anything related to Ms. Clinton and Talk magazine. The spokesperson reiterated a standing policy of not discussing anything related to Chelsea Clinton.
This is not the first courtship of a member of the Clinton family by Talk Magazine, which is edited by Tina Brown and funded in part by Miramax, the film company co-chaired by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The first issue of Talk, which premiered in September 1999, included an exclusive cover story and interview with then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Last year, the company’s book division, Talk Miramax Books, pursued the rights to publish Senator Clinton’s autobiography, but lost out to Simon & Schuster, which paid nearly $8 million.
Mr. Weinstein is among the most public supporters of the former First Family, having raised thousands of dollars for the former President and Senator Clinton, as well as former Vice-President Al Gore.
Ms. Brown and Mr. Weinstein also co-hosted a victory party in New York City for Senator Clinton in November 2000 along with Michael Bloomberg.
-- additional reporting by Sridhar Pappu
Because they thought she was a run away horse?
Does moo count as a word?
I need an editor. LOL.
The sequel: "Next Time, Better Luck."
I bet Chelsea will say that she was almost on that flight but decided to stay in NYC one day longer so she could jog around the WTC.
Whenever Chelsea is pleased to honor them with her presence. Duh!
"She was going to go around the towers," Senator Clinton said. "She went to get a cup of coffee and that's when the plane hit."
Bull.
Gee, could it be that she looks like a horse?
Who cares what this little twit has to say?
I mean really! She was moved? Really?
I am "moved" when my plant dies.
When this happened I was shocked and wounded.
Give me a friggin break!
I think New York is only a stepping stone for higher office, just like her mother.
Was that caught on tape? Did anyone hear her say this or was it just reported she said it? I've seen her mouth move a time or two but never heard any actual words come out.
Moo, neigh or oink would count as words from her
Given her overall unkempt appearance and greasy hair they probably mistook her for a heroin addict or a bag lady.
Who cares what that cluck has to say?! That family has been in full damage control mode since The Speech. First, it was Obubba Been Laiden out spending a whopping five hundred bucks on NBA jerseys to console kids who lost their parent(s) and then Senator El Chupacabra at the Prayer Service wearing a dark pair of shades to cover her eye-rolling......or hangover.
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