Questionable Ethics Of Anna Phillips Of Gotham Schools

I had a brush with greatness in their own mind back in April.

At he David Pakter hearing almost a year ago, I had the pleasure of meeting journalist, er I meant, news aggregator, Anna Phillips. The halo of her grandeur shined so bright I needed sunglasses. But I digress.

As I reported on April 7, when I asked why my groundbreaking blog is never quoted on Gotham Schools, she looked down the end of her nose, curled her mouth in disguest and said that my blog is "obscene." She also went on that as a "journalist" I have no credibility, whilst forgetting I am a blogger, and not just a news aggregator.

So one thing led to another and I wrote a blog post about my encounter with perceived greatness. And in a posting about Little Evan Stone and Princess Sydney Morris I added this comment copied and pasted from Gotham Schools;

The truth is out there about Little Evan and Princess Sydney. It seems that a qualified reporter would have done some legwork before accepting whatever form of payment from Little Evan and Princess Sydney's PR firm.

This does have a ring of truth to it. Why didn't Anna Phillips do some legwork and follow the money trail and find out where E4E was getting its money? Oh, wait a minute. That is a job for a journalist, not a news aggregator.

At that time, suddenly, every time I posted to Gotham Schools my comments got "awaiting moderating." Hmmm. What a coincidence. Anyway, to show I am a bigger person I emailed Anna a truce, She accepted, but still my comments were being moderated. So I took her dubiously at her word. I even invited her to be on my radio show. She politely declined.

Anyway sometime before Thanksgiving I received an email from a source. A good source of high honor. My source had emailed Whitney Tilson and this is the conversation; from

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to Whitney Tilson
date Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:22 PM
subject Re: A Question
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OMG?? He is? How? And he is a teacher??? I wanted to email him and ask him questions about why he writes as he does

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from Whitney Tilson
to "xxxxxxx@gmail.com"
date Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:52 PM
subject Re: A Question
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Trust me -- don't. A friend did and discovered for herself what a lunatic he is.

A friend? The only person that I met or emailed, that also knows Whitney as well is none other than Anna Phillips. But it continues;

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to Whitney Tilson
date Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:03 PM
subject Re: A Question
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Oh my! What did he do to her?
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from Whitney Tilson
to "XXXXX@gmail.com"
date Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:04 PM
subject Re: A Question
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Cursed at her, belittle her...

I cursed at Anna Phillips? I belittled her? Anna called me a lunatic? Anna, I met you once. You are the only person that I have met that knows Whitney and knows me. There were several people in the room that day at Pakter's hearing. I put it to you to prove that I cursed at you and belittled you. How rude of you to make up such a nefarious lie. If anything you belittled me, and from what I can tell you were completely sceeved being in the same room with Pakter supporters.

But there is a bigger question. Your relationship with Whitney Tilson. If you are a journalist as you claim, then how can it be claimed that you are a friend of Whitney Tilson? I do find it odd that Gotham Schools never mentions anything ever purported by Whitney and has deleted any comments made about him.

But one more thing worries me Anna. And again this is assuming that you are a journalist. How do I know what information you have given Whitney regarding me. I have been a source at times to you and others at Gotham. Is it not reasonable to assume that in a tiff you shared with your good friend Whitney pertinent information concerning me. Is this not, and again this is assuming you are a journalist, against the ethical code of journalists, to divulge a source? Is there an organization like the bar association, or the medical association in which one can make a complaint about unethical doings by a so-called journalist?

I am sure that one day you will leave Gotham Schools and actually be a true blue journalist. And I am sure that the New York Times will pass on you. I envision you writing for the Utica Observer-Dispatch and breaking stories from the local 4-H club, or covering the the pie contest at the Oneida County Fair. But until that day comes, please, get some integrity.