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Re:The Art of Pitching: How I Got Published in The Atlantic by pessimizer on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:36PM (#13341634)
> I had a WSJ journalist threaten me if I don't participate he'll write whatever he wants.

You don't abandon a story if the people you are writing about refuse to participate. There's nothing wrong with this.

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Re:The Art of Pitching: How I Got Published in The Atlantic by wishinghand on Saturday January 07, 2017 @03:36AM (#13343027)
It seems like you missed the tone. The OP is implying that if they didn't give a quote for the sorry, the journalist will write them saying what they want them to say.
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