The Mike Wallace Warning
Or it could also be the
“60 Minutes” Warning or the
“Your Life is Going to be Hell”  
Warning

1. You are talking to a journalist.
2. You have the right to remain silent.
3. Anything you say will be used against you.
4. You have the right to a spokesman if you should choose.
5. If you can't afford a spokesman, you're on your own, Buddy.
6. If you decide not to remain silent, we have the right to pick only the portion of your statement that suits our needs.
7. And we have the right to go to any lengths to find the person with the point of view we favor and blow you out of the water.
8. If you decide to remain silent, we have the right to make you look as if you have something to hide.
9. If you decide to run away from the camera, we have the right to chase you.
10. If you hide from the camera, we have the right to stalk you and ambush you.
11. If you regret what you said on camera, you have the right to ask us not to use it.
12. But we have the right to use it now and argue later.
13. Anyway you look at it, you're screwed.
14. You have the right to hire an attorney and sue us.
15. Do you have any questions or comments?
    

Copyright 2000, Don Ray <donray@donray.com>. You are free to use this for any purpose, providing you include this paragraph in its entirety.