Author Says Rebecca Eckler Misquoted Her in a ‘Horrifying’ Way
Background: In Author Says Divorced/Separated Dads Owe Their Exes a Mother’s Day Gift, I criticized Canadian journalist Rebecca Eckler’s recent article Get what you want this Mother’s Day. Twist the ex’s arm (Globe and Mail, 5/6/08).
Canadian journalist Lydia Lovric, a critic of Rebecca Eckler, posted on my blog about some of Eckler’s history–see my post ‘Rebecca Eckler put her kid in day-care and had two nannies–you can barely call her a mother…’
Canadian writer Vanessa Craft (pictured), author of Out of Character, wrote me about Eckler’s piece and is fuming, claiming she was misquoted and misinterpreted. She asked me to post her letter below, saying she “wants the opportunity to clear my name.”
Vanessa Craft responds to Rebecca Eckler
Hi Glenn,
I was pretty shocked by Eckler’s Globe and Mail piece, and I wanted to make it clear that my comments were sarcastically and obviously in a joking manner at the end of the interview session.
I had already said numerous things about the great relationship I have with my daughter’s father and how considerate he is towards me even though he is under no responsibility to do so. I was under the impression that the article was about what single moms do to handle being on their own over mother’s day, more of a ‘Do you still get a card from your ex? Do you spend it with friends and family?’ type of thing, not so much about how to collect presents from their former partners. Needless to say it was pretty horrifying when I saw the story.
I unfortunately assumed that I could expect to be quoted correctly - no fact checker called me, and I certainly wouldn’t have agreed for that quote to have been used as I feel it was completely misrepresented.
Best and thanks for your time,
Vanessa
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