Once again -- mistaken. I have no idea who this is, but I do know the following:
1.) You are a coward for remaining anonymous.
2.) I have no axe to grind with Elan. I settled my resentments against the place years ago. I do believe every former Elan resident, whether they love or hate the place, has been to battle and has a history that must be honored. I personally apologized to Marc Rosenberg in late 2001 for trying to take down something that was his livelihood. If, for some reason, some truths come out that hurt or help Elan, that's not my fault.
3.) The Greenwich paper did not "let me go" for being biased. I believe you're referring to an incident in early 2000 when I wrote a BALANCED story about past abuses alleged at Elan. Nonetheless, I fully admitted the conflict of interest (which the editor had been aware of from the beginning) and was praised by the company publisher for writing a "thorough, professionally-written story." We printed a small clarification and the matter was dropped.
4.) Later, in October 2003, after becoming the same paper's editor (how's that for a vote of confidence?) in 2001), I was laid off by the company who had just bought the paper. The layoff had nothing to do with Elan; it was because I had a confrontational, tabloid-like approach to journalism and they wanted a cookie-cutter broadsheet. I was given four weeks' severance pay and found another job in two hours with my old publisher -- the same one I mentioned in the previous paragraph. Again, I ask you: How's that for a vote of confidence?
5.) I am not the narrator; that task will hopefully be handled by a celebrity of sorts who has nothing to do with Elan. I AM the project's primary screenwriter and will be writing the narrative. I am also conducting research and setting up interviews. And yes, I do have a 20 percent stake in the project -- which is absolutely fair. I am working hard.
6.) The story of Elan can ONLY be told by those who experienced it. Most of the journalists who have never been near the place gave a somewhat inaccurate perception of Elan and certainly did not give their audience a feel for what the Elan experience truly embodied. They couldn't. It's impossible for an outsider to explain Elan.
7.) A documentary is, by and large, not journalism. It's really something completely different. Nevertheless, we intend to be as unbiased as possible.
8.) If you are so concerned about the objectivity of our project, why don't you help out your cause by coming on camera and giving an interview?
9.) You're still a coward.
