You can have my pen when you pry it from my cold dead hands
Don’t bring a pen when you listen to Katie Couric.
Matt Bartel, owner of the popular MNSpeak blog also was issued an invitation by WCCO [to attend the Couric ‘Town Hall’ event], although the station apparently didn’t recognize the name Bartel (ubiquitous in Twin Cities publishing circles) or his business, until the event was about to start.
“They pulled me out of the auditorium and told me that they’d become aware of the fact that I had a blog,” Bartel said. “They said, ‘We don’t want you to participate,’ ” then offered him a choice: surrender his notebook or leave the event.
“I wasn’t going to give them my notebook; I had business stuff in there.”
A compromise was reached - the ‘CCO staffer confiscated Bartel’s pen instead.
I’m sure Couric had little to do with this, but the staffer’s actions reflect poorly on her.
More here, on the penless scribe’s website.
