<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by joanek:
Sorry if I misunderstood you---but when I read "I had the relevant bits read to me over the phone," I presumed that this was during a conversation with someone at the WSJ prior to the publication. There wasn't any indication that YOU contacted THEM AFTER publication.
On the other hand, you write that you did have email discussions with her about the topic, and that's really no different than a phone interview.
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I think the point is that all of the discussion (e-mail or phone) happened after the article had already been published.
If Ms. Costello had phoned or e-mailed yyz-den before she wrote the article, it's likely we'd have no controversy or offended feelings at all.