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I had quite a few prominent ones say to me like, oh, we think this is really admirable. Your reporting is great, but we don't think this is, quote, commercially viable, i.e. enough people would care. And I said, well, Watergate seems to be a very prominent story that a lot of books have been written about.

I had quite a few prominent ones say to me like, oh, we think this is really admirable. Your reporting is great, but we don't think this is, quote, commercially viable, i.e. enough people would care. And I said, well, Watergate seems to be a very prominent story that a lot of books have been written about.

I had quite a few prominent ones say to me like, oh, we think this is really admirable. Your reporting is great, but we don't think this is, quote, commercially viable, i.e. enough people would care. And I said, well, Watergate seems to be a very prominent story that a lot of books have been written about.

What if I told you this was the real Watergate and people actually died as opposed to that Watergate? But I think at the end of the day, unfortunately, a lot, the mass media, so whether it's TV news, book publishing, they're all consolidated in New York, D.C., LA, it doesn't make them bad people, but the prominent stories aren't generally of flyover country with few exceptions.

What if I told you this was the real Watergate and people actually died as opposed to that Watergate? But I think at the end of the day, unfortunately, a lot, the mass media, so whether it's TV news, book publishing, they're all consolidated in New York, D.C., LA, it doesn't make them bad people, but the prominent stories aren't generally of flyover country with few exceptions.

What if I told you this was the real Watergate and people actually died as opposed to that Watergate? But I think at the end of the day, unfortunately, a lot, the mass media, so whether it's TV news, book publishing, they're all consolidated in New York, D.C., LA, it doesn't make them bad people, but the prominent stories aren't generally of flyover country with few exceptions.

And I think because Flint had happened so long ago and this was such a deep dive investigation, I think for lack of a better word, it was like out of sight, out of mind. I've gotten that for media outlets that I've pitched stories to. I mean, I had like the goods. I had thousands of confidential documents. smoking guns and media outlets would ask me, one in particular said, is there a Trump angle?

And I think because Flint had happened so long ago and this was such a deep dive investigation, I think for lack of a better word, it was like out of sight, out of mind. I've gotten that for media outlets that I've pitched stories to. I mean, I had like the goods. I had thousands of confidential documents. smoking guns and media outlets would ask me, one in particular said, is there a Trump angle?

And I think because Flint had happened so long ago and this was such a deep dive investigation, I think for lack of a better word, it was like out of sight, out of mind. I've gotten that for media outlets that I've pitched stories to. I mean, I had like the goods. I had thousands of confidential documents. smoking guns and media outlets would ask me, one in particular said, is there a Trump angle?

I said, no, there's not. Is destruction of evidence, political payoffs not enough for you? So yeah, it took me, I mean, for six months, I was just stupidly blind sending out the publishers because I didn't know any better. uh, to try and get a publisher. And fortunately I got lucky. I connected to a book agent who happened to be from Flint. So this was a passion project for him.

I said, no, there's not. Is destruction of evidence, political payoffs not enough for you? So yeah, it took me, I mean, for six months, I was just stupidly blind sending out the publishers because I didn't know any better. uh, to try and get a publisher. And fortunately I got lucky. I connected to a book agent who happened to be from Flint. So this was a passion project for him.

I said, no, there's not. Is destruction of evidence, political payoffs not enough for you? So yeah, it took me, I mean, for six months, I was just stupidly blind sending out the publishers because I didn't know any better. uh, to try and get a publisher. And fortunately I got lucky. I connected to a book agent who happened to be from Flint. So this was a passion project for him.

And, uh, he connected me with, uh, the right publisher. Um, and for me, you know, I said to myself, I very much doubt this will ever become a New York times bestseller. Uh, it was very hard because the way it came out, it was going to come out right before the election. Um, and, And it's hard to get attention right before a presidential election.

And, uh, he connected me with, uh, the right publisher. Um, and for me, you know, I said to myself, I very much doubt this will ever become a New York times bestseller. Uh, it was very hard because the way it came out, it was going to come out right before the election. Um, and, And it's hard to get attention right before a presidential election.

And, uh, he connected me with, uh, the right publisher. Um, and for me, you know, I said to myself, I very much doubt this will ever become a New York times bestseller. Uh, it was very hard because the way it came out, it was going to come out right before the election. Um, and, And it's hard to get attention right before a presidential election.

But for me, I just said, if nothing more, at least if I could say at the end of my career, I got the actual truth out about this, not just crime against humanity, but cover up, then I could sleep well. And for me, the most gratifying part Frustratingly, most Flint residents didn't know the truth because their media failed to dig.

But for me, I just said, if nothing more, at least if I could say at the end of my career, I got the actual truth out about this, not just crime against humanity, but cover up, then I could sleep well. And for me, the most gratifying part Frustratingly, most Flint residents didn't know the truth because their media failed to dig.

But for me, I just said, if nothing more, at least if I could say at the end of my career, I got the actual truth out about this, not just crime against humanity, but cover up, then I could sleep well. And for me, the most gratifying part Frustratingly, most Flint residents didn't know the truth because their media failed to dig.

That's why I had to keep going back because the Michigan media stopped covering it. So the fact that so many more Flint people now know the truth, to me, it was well worth it.

That's why I had to keep going back because the Michigan media stopped covering it. So the fact that so many more Flint people now know the truth, to me, it was well worth it.