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Message: [QUOTE="BodogBecky, post: 1646214, member: 58783"] Its common in the media industry for writers to put words in the mouths of the people they interview....it is also very uncommon for anyone to sue for something like this unless there is a very blatant attempt to slander. This particular situation was fuzzy, and as Calvin has pointed out on more than one occasion, it was actually good for his branding on the street- this title really has burnished his bad boy reputation which is where he was heading things. This is why he did not react to the title. However, if you read all his interviews, you will see he is consistent in saying that under international law he considered what bodog did as legal, therefore why would anyone be interested in doing anything to him. This is the opposite of the point the title insinuates he was thinking. All companies in the industry at that time (pre UIEGA) felt the same way as Calvin or none of the public companies would have been allowed into the market. Of course everyone is welcome to their own opinion, but the facts just do not support that Calvin ever took the position of that title. I have known Calvin for years and he just does not talk like that. The bottom line is that Calvin never made that statement and was angry at first when it came out, but that was until he realized that it was, in fact, a good thing from a branding perspective. That provocative title is still working well for him in getting media in Europe and Asia, if you can believe it. The Forbes reporter Matt Miller made that title up to sell magazines and clearly it worked as that was the highest selling Billionaires issue up to that point and got Matt promoted twice to be in charge of their Billionaire's issue department! Anyway, thanks for your interest in Calvin, threads like this are good for our media company CalvinAyre.com. Whether you love him or hate him, we still like that you are interested in him. ;) Becky [/QUOTE]

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