:24:01
Steve says
okay write it up.
:24:04
And Im like what are you
talking about write it up?
:24:07
And I didnt say anything.
:24:10
And Dave he wrote it
up and he FedEx it to us
:24:14
a couple of days later.
:24:16
And he said
are you going to sign?
:24:19
And we said nah Dave
we're not going to sign that.
:24:23
And he said well
send it back okay?
:24:25
We said no Dave were
not going to send that back.
:24:27
It was okay we
cant buy you out
:24:31
we cant shut you up
:24:32
lets get the story on the air
in a way that we can all agree
:24:35
it will go on the air.
:24:36
And we started rewriting and
editing with their lawyers.
:24:40
During this eight month
re-review process
:24:42
I say jokingly they did things
like for example they wanted
:24:46
to take out
the word cancer.
:24:48
You dont have to identify
what the potential problem is
:24:52
just say human
health implications.
:24:55
Any criticism
of Monsanto or its product
:24:58
they either removed
it or minimized it.
:25:01
And it was very very
clear I would say
:25:03
almost every edit
they made to the piece
:25:06
that was the aim.
:25:08
And we changed this
and this and this.
:25:10
And then that
wasnt good enough
:25:11
okay now change
this and this.
:25:13
Now change this and this.
:25:15
Version after version
after version.
:25:18
83 times.
:25:21
83 times is unheard
of it doesnt happen
:25:24
you shouldnt have to
rewrite something 83 times
:25:26
Obviously they didnt want
to put the thing on the air
:25:28
and they were trying to drive us
crazy and get us to quit
:25:31
or wait until the first
window in our contract
:25:33
so that they
could fire us.
:25:35
They in effect announced that
they were going to fire us
:25:38
for no cause.
:25:40
Well this was
a little much.
:25:41
And Steve wrote a letter
to the lawyer in Atlanta
:25:44
whose name is Caroline Forest
the Fox corporate lawyer.
:25:48
And I said you know this isnt
about being fired for no cause.
:25:52
You're firing us because we
refused to put on the air
:25:56
something that we knew and
demonstrated to be false
:25:59
and misleading.