Angelina’s adoption: Now they’re quoting me?

So, now I’m part of the spin? Sheesh.

Just when I thought I’d said all I needed to say about Angelina Jolie’s most recent adoption, seeing that I have no first-hand knowledge at all … just like everyone else, including those who still feel the need to formulate and postulate opinions formed on smoke and mirrors … I learn that I have been sucked into the spin.

In an article in a Dubai newspaper on the subject, I am quoted.

Thankfully, this particular story doesn’t take the usual condemning stance; in fact, it’s quite even-handed in its tone and content.

Some Vietnamese involved in adoption said Jolie made a donation to the Ho Chi Minh City orphanage where she adopted the boy on Thursday, although no one is saying how much. Less wealthy people have also done the same.

Many adoptive parents are moved to donate toward humanitarian causes such as the care of people disabled by chemicals or unexploded ordnance from the US war in Vietnam that ended 32 years ago when the communists unified the country.

Unfortunately, the line they claim to lift from me would hardly be one of my more brilliant, and I do wish they’d gone for something a bit more pithy than:

‘Whatever is going on in the Jolie-Pitt family is none of your business,’ one blogger, identified as Sandra Hanks Benoiton wrote on http://international.adoptionblogs.com.

In fact, although they attribute this as a direct quote, it isn’t. What I actually said was:

… You know diddley squat about what’s going on in the Jolie-Pitt family. What you read in the media, believe it or not, is NOT the true scoop.

AND, and this is a big and, it’s none of your business!

See how that works? What they said I said was not the same as what I said, even though they put it in quotes as if they were saying EXACTLY what I said.

And that is how it’s done. This is very simple, clear and personal example of the press in action.

Now, does anyone still think that they are getting the straight scoop from what they read?

Now, at least, I can fulfill my life-long dream of being in a pageant. Alongside Miss Taken, Miss Conceived and Miss Informed, I’m going to get myself a formal gown … I’ll skip the bathing suit competition, thankyouverymuch … and wear a sash that reads:

Miss Quoted

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