Los Angeles — So, I went to some California producers to pitch turning some PEC stories into films. The way it works is you are ushered into a meeting with the vice president for development and a striking blond, who is always the director of development. There always seems to be a striking blond—male or female. Understand that the film and TV industry is more tradition bound than the U.S. Senate. Another point of Hollywood etiquette: if you like carbonated beverages, don’t pitch movies. All they offer you is bottled water or juice. The meeting always begins with a discussion of how L.A. is now more humid than Washington (it is true), and then you are expected to pitch complicated ideas in about three minutes.
Le Bourget, France — The glitzy Paris Air Show, unofficially boycotted by President Bush, ended with contractors, arms dealers and government officials returning home with a sense of unease.
In the middle of the New York Times scandal that brought down Howell Raines over his mismanagement of a reporter who made up stories came an unexpected phone call from a reporter with Columbia Journalism Review named Scott Sherman. He wanted to talk about an earlier incident at the New York Times involving its most famous reporter, Seymour “Sy” Hersh.
George Bush has a self-confidence most Americans like. There was another Texan named Lyndon Johnson who was also self-confident. Johnson also took America to war on hyped intelligence. Johnson’s legislative record would have ranked him among the great Presidents except his entire Presidency ended stained with the blood of the Vietnam War.
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