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November 01, 2007
National Press Club Book Fair
Being interviewed by C-SPAN at the National Press Club Book Fair:
On Thursday night, I signed copies of my book, "The Great Media War: A Battlefield Report" at the National Press Club's 30th Annual Book Fair. Many other notables were there with their books as well, including Howard Kurtz, Craig Crawford, Rita Cosby, Larry Sabato, James Reston and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.
The publication of my book and its inclusion in the National Press Club book fair is a milestone for me. The past two and a half years of my "celebrity" have had many ups and downs, but I've been humbled and sustained by the prayers and friendship of many - some of whom I only know as an email address.
I share this triumph with all of them.
I know that those who have persisted in the negative characterizations of me and my work as a reporter will never read my book, so I will share with them something from the epilogue:
When I said that I knew what Job felt – his sense of loss – I also know what Job experienced when he was restored. In Job 41:12 it is written, “So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.” Because of what happened, I have a much larger platform than ever before. I have not only been restored, but brought higher.
While the story of Job certainly applies to what happened to me, the story of Joseph does also. Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him into slavery. When Joseph became powerful and held his brothers’ fate in his hands, he forgave them. Genesis 50:20 records Joseph’s words as “you meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” It is in that same spirit that I forgive those who acted against me.
Posted by jeffgannon at November 1, 2007 11:32 AM
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