It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.
I loathe and despise the media in a way I did not think possible.
My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.
I don't think about the media.
I never, ever have seen media this way. It's almost indescribable. Making up stories, refusing to run real stories. It's making themselves look like utter fools. There's no journalism, there is no media. There's pure, full-fledged advocacy here.
I am now using media as a tool to bring attention to marginalized people.
I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace.
I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.
In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them.
I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.