[NYC-L] submissions or emissions?

[Jeton Ademaj]

hey folks

why not lobby as many albo fat cats as possible into taking out a full-page 
ad in the NYTimes, WashPost Or WSJ...preferably for a non-holiday monday or 
tuesday and preferably in the their A or primary section ?

as for the State transcript with the Hitler agit-prop, it's not at all clear 
that the questioner is even taken seriously. it's certainly to our 
disadvantage that we don't have a voice asking contrasting questions and 
lobbying State to denounce the underlying premise of a given question, but i 
would suggest a more sophisticated touch than simply planting someone to 
play call-and-response with the latest serb/greek wacko to gain a State 
press pass. i've heard far too many Albanians focus on reaching "people who 
matter"...well frankly we need direct public outreach. State will not stick 
its neck out to fight with this or that chauvinist if the propaganda victims 
in question (Albs) are not independently conducting public outreach.

As for K-desk officers, it's reductionist to call them naive careerists, and 
i doubt holding such a view will make one more charismatic or influential to 
them. one is more likely to end up being tuned out. it's more important to 
be approachable and *credible* than merely combative..save THAt for the 
PUBLIC outreach. the sheer hysteria and smarmy mendacity of 
Serbian/Greek/American-Stalinist "journalists" has been a great gift to 
Albanians for the last decade, even if we too often fail to seize the 
advantage. op-eds and letters to newspapers and fullpage ads (and a focus on 
how Albanian interests intersect with American interests..."bridge to the 
Islamic world/balkan stability" etc etc) are all useful elements of what 
needs to be a broader outreach on our part. we need to press that strategy 
without joining the sheer wall-of-noise unleashed by our enemies.

Anybody know any level-headed anglo-fluent albo journalists who live in (or 
would be willing to relocate to) the DC area? if u do, encourage them to 
pitch themselves to almost any news service as a SouthEast Europe 
correspondent, and get State or even White House press credentials. From the 
transcripts I've read over the years, wackjobs are filtered out of the White 
House briefings and cast down to State briefings anyway (Jeff Gannon/Guckert 
etc NOTwithstanding ;) so it would be cool to have a competent, affable and 
credible Albo journalist able to attend either.

If it happens that i can help with any of this, let me know.

J