Schwarz to Muchnick<\/strong><\/p>\n1) Questions regarding the funding of “Head Games” should be directed
\nto the producers.
\n2) Yes, the Times has policies regarding projects like this, and yes,
\nI went through that process and received permission. As for the
\nsubstance of that process, please direct your questions to the Times.
\n3) This film has nothing to do with any “departure from the concussion
\nbeat,” as that very voluntary process had begun in early 2011 (and
\nperhaps before, I don’t remember) and had been long completed when a
\nproducer approached me last summer. I agreed to participate in
\nSeptember, months after I had joined the Education department.
\n4) I am now a National Correspondent, period. I do not have any formal
\nattachment to any particular subject, although I remain very
\ninterested (and encouraged by the Times) in covering news regarding
\nEducation issues. I have been heading a massive project regarding
\nchildren’s health for the past several months, hence my few bylines
\nduring that time.
\n5) I have never “promote[d] the idea that he and his buddies invented
\nthe concussion issue,” either during the Costas show or otherwise. I
\nhave repeatedly stated that this was news long before I ever showed
\nup, and fantastic work had been done at least 10 years before,
\nspecifically by Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated. I agree with you
\nthat OTHERS have cast me as having invented it, but I have repeatedly,
\nwhen possible, corrected them in that misperception. You might not
\nfind proof of this on the Web — I know you will look, so I did — but
\nit’s not my fault that the many people who have interviewed me have
\nnot included that comment in their stories. At the very least I can
\nsend you the following note I sent to Mr. Farber back in 2009:<\/p>\n
—–Original Message—–
\nFrom: Alan Schwarz
\nSent: Wed 12\/2\/2009 3:07 PM
\nTo: Farber, Michael – Sports Illustrated
\nSubject: from Alan Schwarz \/ New York Times<\/p>\n
Michael–
\nI hope this note finds you well. I just wanted to let you know that
\nthrough my three years of covering head-injury stuff for the Times,
\nand watching all sorts of change take place, I have been very aware of
\nthe fantastic story that you did way back in 1994. I still think it’s
\none of the best treatments of the subject that I’ve ever seen; people
\ntreat me as if I’ve invented concern for this subject, but you
\nobviously were around far earlier than I, and long before what much
\nhas been learned since was known. It’s a damned shame that your story
\ndidn’t effect the change it should have, making my work unnecessary.
\nI’ve been meaning to write you for a long time just to say that your
\nstory was great.
\n–alan.<\/p>\n
*****<\/p>\n
Muchnick to Schwarz<\/strong><\/p>\nAlan:<\/p>\n
Thanks for your response. I’ll take up the funding question with Bruce Sheridan. And I’ll put the question about your conflicts-clearing process to Times <\/em>management. (If you can direct me to the person or persons in charge of the latter, I’d appreciate it.)<\/p>\nI’m publishing your full email, including the nice note to Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated<\/em>.<\/p>\nOne follow-up: Since becoming associate producer of the film, you have had, I believe, one co-byline on a concussion story, and a solo byline earlier this year on the report of the Duerson family lawsuit against the NFL. I can understand the thinking of the editors that, since you are so knowledgeable on the subject, it was helpful to return you to it on an ad hoc basis. What is potentially troubling, though – and let’s not make too much of this, nor, frankly, too little – is the failure to disclose your role in the Head Games <\/em>film. Any thoughts?<\/p>\nIrv<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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