On Wednesday, I posted a story on Plog about Red State, Kevin Smith's new Westboro Baptist Church-inspired movie. Landing an interview with Smith was no coup; as filmmakers tend to do in the weeks leading up to a movie's release, Smith has been giving interviews to just about anyone who asks.
That includes, of course, Afentra, morning-show host for 96.5 the Buzz. But Afentra and her husband/boss, program director/host Lazlo, somehow came to the conclusion that theirs was some sort of exclusive -- and that I cribbed Afentra's interview for my story.
I didn't, of course. I've never even heard it (although Smith did mention that he went on Afentra's show). It seems that Smith has developed some talking points for the hundreds of interviews he's been doing to promote the movie, which premieres at the Midland on Saturday.
Not sure if Lazlo ripped me on his radio show, but he did on Twitter, and he persisted after we pointed him to a tweet from Smith acknowledging our interview on Twitter. Afentra raised the question again this morning, casually accusing me of plagiarism in the lead-in to her follow-up interview with Smith. Smith told Afentra that yes, he did speak with us, and even gave us props for reporting on Red State from the beginning. Afentra, to her credit, apologized.
Neither bothered to contact me. If they had, I would have happily shared the audio file of the 34-minute interview. In case you're not convinced -- or just want to hear more from Smith -- feel free to waste 34 minutes of your life listening to me bumble through the interview (there's a reason I don't have a radio show). The audio is after the jump.
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Don't forget the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Can't forget them, as they're played every 5th song.
Wait, I don't understand. If you don't listen to Afentra, how do you hear enough Smashing Pumpkins and Offspring to get you through the morning?
The Buzz loves to bash everything. I quit listening to them long ago, got sick of them making fun of everyone.
For some reason The Buzz just loves bashing The Pitch (must have been the crappy concert reviews by a crappy ass free lance writer) and is all up with INK now. Whatevs.
OK. Hmm. Next time I won't assume that if I don't mention it that it's original. Easily fixed with a "Smith told The Pitch."
I know, right? I saw this movie roast last week where the female roaster was cracking jokes about the size of Jennifer Aniston's ass. You would have been appalled. :)
Geez. It's Abe. Being diplomatic isn't exactly his schtick.
Hey if you got a little meat on your bones I'm not going to complain, bu when you have extreme weight issues, which both have, it speak volumes about your character.
Smith covered the same territory in his interview with Johnny Dare too...which was more interesting and intelligent than his one with Afentra. Hmmm....
I will say that I read your story and assumed the facts and quotes came from the radio interview (I listened to its first airing). I didn't think this was a big deal and thought nothing of it, and didn't hear anything about it on the radio.
Mentioning that you personally interviewed Kevin Smith in your initial post would have been very helpful. And, you know, given you lots of journalistic credibility.
Wow. Someone at the pitch did an interview, instead of reposting and rewriting other new's organizations stories on the plog? I'm surprised.
Both Lazlo and Afentra are fat losers who have a terrible taste in music, and are never funny or original. Afentra's voice is like listening to my 60 year old chain smoking aunt. These jokers already failed their way out of Seattle, surprised they haven't failed their way out of KC.
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