I just called the National Press Club at the urging of FiredogLake email I received in order to register my extreme outrage that they would let the slanderer and right wing troll Larry Sinclair anywhere near a microphone on their property. I was told by the nice woman who answered the phone that his talk was not being sponsored by the National Press Club, he was just "renting space from them". However, she gave me the email of the guy in charge -- we need to blast him 'till he cries 'uncle."
more after the jump.
Sorry for the short diary, but I searched and didn't see anything like this. As above, I called the National Press Club and said I wanted to register my dismay and distress that a fine institution like the National Press Club would be sponsoring such a horrid slanderer like Larry Sinclair. She said that they have been getting tons of calls about this and that they are letting everyone know that they are just "renting the space to Mr. Sinclair" and that the National Press Club is not sponsoring this little gathering in any way!
I told her that I was absolutely sure that that little nuance would be glossed over completely by the right wingers and that "Larry Sinclair at the National Press Club" would be all that would be blasted over and over, and that if the National Press Club didn't want their fine reputation besmirched by the likes of this slanderer /nutjob, they should rescind the rental contract with this man immediately and let him get himself a new venue. She again repeated that they were just renting the space to the guy. I again stated that I thought this was a cop-out and that the National Press Club was going to get some very bad publicity for itself from this.
She then asked me if I wanted the email of the general manager of the National Press Club so I could tell him this myself -- I of course said yes -- it is wmccarren@press.org. I think all of us Kossacks ought to blast this guy with so many emails that their damn servers come down.
I hope that enough people see this to make a difference. If someone knows how to post at Firedoglake, please do so -- I don't have an account and am running late to a meeting, so I surely won't be offended. I have responded via email to them with this, but don't know if it will get through.