FC: MPAA replies to Politech over Jack Valenti's Duke speech

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Yesterday I sent a note to Politech 
(http://www.politechbot.com/p-04501.html) reporting what the "buzz" was 
about the level of Valenti's honorarium. But it turns out the the buzz was 
wrong, and the MPAA's response to Politech is below.

-Declan

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> For the record, the Frey Lecture at Duke provides a $5,000 honorarium to 
> participating speakers.  Mr. Valenti gives many, many speeches over the 
> course of a year and, whenever an honorarium is presented, he contributes 
> that sum to a Washington-based charity called Woodley House.  Woodley 
> House is a nationally recognized model program based on a unique recovery 
> approach. On a daily basis, Woodley House provides a continuum of consumer 
> centered care for over 200 persons with mental disabilities. Woodley House 
> programs provide varying degrees of support that allow individuals to move 
> towards self-sufficiency within appropriately supportive environments that 
> meet individual recovery needs.
>
> While I doubt that you will share this information concerning the good 
> works of Woodley House with your readers, I would hope that, as a 
> journalist, you would set the record straight on the amount and direct 
> beneficiary of the honorarium.




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