BlogBack: Barbara Fleischman on Her Recent Journalistic Benefactions

Former J. Paul Getty Trust board member Barbara Fleischman replies to my report about her “new cultural philanthropy“:
I was interested to read your comments regarding my support of arts and cultural reporting at Columbia University.
What propelled my decision to be part of this initiative was the irresponsible and scurrilous reporting of Marion True’s case and where it seeped over into untrue, manufactured stories about my husband and me. This has been a most unpleasant and sobering experience.
Thus, I am encouraged at Columbia University’s project to educate journalists on the need for ethical, truthful, and responsible reporting and am delighted to be of help.
Apparently, when I quipped that it looked as though she had “no hard feelings” about the LA Times‘ coverage, I couldn’t have been more wrong.