Call me old-fashioned...


...but as a dyed-in-the-wool journalist, it's hard to get excited about an interview that takes place under circumstances such as these -- resulting in a mess like this.

Angelina Jolie was already far from my favorite celebrity type, but this is downright irritating, not to mention ridiculous. Whatever happened to simply refusing to answer a question you don't like? Journalists know what libel is and they know full well they can get their pants sued off for knowingly misrepresenting anyone in a new story. Is it really necessary to further threaten and bully honest reporters who just want to land a good interview?

Ms. Jolie, why don't we just save ourselves the trouble and patiently wait for you to conduct and write all of your own interviews -- no doubt people will LINE UP for that.

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