4. Black at is best is actually a writer of genuine eloquence & insight but those rare moments drowned in the verbal diarrhea
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5. Part of the pathos of Conrad Black is that he's a writer who would benefit from a strong editor. And he refuses to be edited.
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6. I have a story about trying to edit Conrad Black. You might enjoy it.
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7. I was once an editor at the National Post, in the glorious days when Conrad Black was spending money like a drunk Charles Foster Kane.
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8. Black would send in occasional columns and reviews. In fax form. They'd run in section I was editing.
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9. Once Black sent in a column where there were a few run-on sentences that were a real mess.
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10. I was paid to edit, so I thought, "I'll fix these sentences. I don't want Black to look like a fool."
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11. National Post computer system was wired so that the main editor Ken Whyte could see all the editing that is going on in real time.
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12. As I tried to unclog Black's sentences, I get a call from Ken Whyte. "Jeet, why are you changing Blacks prose. Run it as he wrote it."
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13. So basically it was actually impossible to edit Black's prose at that time. Maybe he's more amenable now but I doubt it.
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14. My other Conrad Black story involves the time I broke my back while reviewing his FDR biography.
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15. I reviewed Conrad Black's FDR bio for an early issue of The Walrus. Book was typical Blackian 1,000 page plus production.
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16. Aside from the sheer number of pages, the Black's FDR seemed unusually hefty. I think they used extra thick paper or something.
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