::1. Haiduc was not only calling a spade a spade in this case (you are a nobody compared to an internationally published journalist, and as Haiduc said, we all are) but 2. You might not want to go around calling a living person (WP:BLP a sleazy journalist).  Are you, btw, familiar with a 'sleazy' history of McKintry that I am unaware of , or did you merely make that comment out of anger?