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Get ready Michigan for the Ramsey media circus. A week after JonBenet's death the Ramseys (too choke up to talk to police) stage a media event at their Church.
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When John and I awoke on Sunday morning, January 5, I felt like I couldn't possibly get out of bed. My entire body felt like lead. I didn't want to move, but John encouraged me with a cup of hot, black coffee. "We really ought to go to church this morning, " he said. Even though we knew the media would be waiting with their cameras, John felt we shouldn't let that keep us away. I slowly got up and started trying to get dressed for the worship service at St. John's Episcopal Church....
.....Near the end of the service, Father Rol spoke extemporaneously to the congregation. "As we leave today," he explained carefully, "there will be a good number of media people outside taking pictures. They will be watching us. If you want to show your support for this family, I would like you to line each side of the sidewalk leading to the parish hall and show our friends in the media what we thing of the Ramsey family. Let's show the world that we stand with them."
Unknown to the parishioners, Pat Korten, a media relations guy, had let the media know that we would attend chuch that day. He had been hired by our attorneys to answer the hundreds of media requests for information, which had started to clog their switchboard from day one. Pat made a deal with the media. "The Ramseys will walk out the front door of the church and give you plenty of time to video them. In return , you need to agree to leave them alone in the future." All was agreed to, but we later realized it was impossible to get a consensus agreement from a mob like that. Pat later told us, The media were going to be there anyway, scrambling for photos, so we might as well try to make it nonconfrontational."
Following the recessional hymn, John and I started toward the front door to go down the walk that would lead to the parish hall, where most of the congregation traditionally stopped for a cup of coffee and a few words of fellowship. Bishop Underwood led the way in front of us. We stopped at the top of the stairway leading from the church, knowing we were going to get caught on camera, but also knowing we had agreed to get caught.
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Just a small sample of Ramsey/Media machine, coming to the Michigan voters.
Unknown to the congregation, the Ramsey's used the church, through their Public relations person.
edited for typos
Page 109atsy (Emphasis-mine.)
When John and I awoke on Sunday morning, January 5, I felt like I couldn't possibly get out of bed. My entire body felt like lead. I didn't want to move, but John encouraged me with a cup of hot, black coffee. "We really ought to go to church this morning, " he said. Even though we knew the media would be waiting with their cameras, John felt we shouldn't let that keep us away. I slowly got up and started trying to get dressed for the worship service at St. John's Episcopal Church....
.....Near the end of the service, Father Rol spoke extemporaneously to the congregation. "As we leave today," he explained carefully, "there will be a good number of media people outside taking pictures. They will be watching us. If you want to show your support for this family, I would like you to line each side of the sidewalk leading to the parish hall and show our friends in the media what we thing of the Ramsey family. Let's show the world that we stand with them."
Unknown to the parishioners, Pat Korten, a media relations guy, had let the media know that we would attend chuch that day. He had been hired by our attorneys to answer the hundreds of media requests for information, which had started to clog their switchboard from day one. Pat made a deal with the media. "The Ramseys will walk out the front door of the church and give you plenty of time to video them. In return , you need to agree to leave them alone in the future." All was agreed to, but we later realized it was impossible to get a consensus agreement from a mob like that. Pat later told us, The media were going to be there anyway, scrambling for photos, so we might as well try to make it nonconfrontational."
Following the recessional hymn, John and I started toward the front door to go down the walk that would lead to the parish hall, where most of the congregation traditionally stopped for a cup of coffee and a few words of fellowship. Bishop Underwood led the way in front of us. We stopped at the top of the stairway leading from the church, knowing we were going to get caught on camera, but also knowing we had agreed to get caught.
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Just a small sample of Ramsey/Media machine, coming to the Michigan voters.
Unknown to the congregation, the Ramsey's used the church, through their Public relations person.
edited for typos