Check this out -- it's apparently an excerpt from the story:
... weeks after I began research on them, Reisman phoned the editor of this magazine, accusing me of posing nasty questions. “I think I’m a good person,” she said, adding that she could call on “500 thought leaders” across the nation to attest to that perception. Three hours later, a two-page missive was hand-delivered to Toronto Life on the personal letterhead of Gerald Wilfred Schwartz. In more than three decades as a journalist, I have never received such a heavy-handed warning, let alone one from a couple whose net worth is estimated at $758 million. “You and the writer are hereby put on notice,” it said, “that all records, notes and source documentation used in the course of preparing the proposed article must be maintained for litigation should this become necessary.”I wasn't planning on buying Toronto Life this month, but now I'm motivated! :)
One question: Does that type of intimidation really work? I would think it would with some outlets, but then isn't that also waving a red flag to others and saying, "Yo, journalist: B-i-i-g-g-g story here!!" :)
Anyone out there ever received that type of pre-emptive notice before?