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Reporter Mike Rezendes visits lawyer Mitchell Garabedian to follow up on the church abuse story, but the lawyer is guarded: no recording, no documents, no promises. "The Church thinks in centuries," he warns, questioning whether the Globe can really take on an institution that plays the long game.
Get Your Facts Straight
❝ Monólogo · 8 frases The Church Thinks in Centuries
❝ Monólogo · 9 frases The reporter bets the Globe
He admits the walls, then stacks the Globe over the Phoenix and sells reach as the only chip he has.
Mike Rezendes, a Boston Globe reporter, visits attorney Mitchell Garabedian to follow up on a column about the church abuse cases. Garabedian is wary from the start: he tells Mike to get his facts straight, refuses to be recorded in any way, shape or form, and warns that the Church thinks in centuries, asking whether the paper can truly take that on.
The scene is a standoff between a reporter's patience and a lawyer's caution. Rezendes keeps pushing, politely, while Garabedian keeps setting limits: nothing on paper, nothing on tape. His refusal is not rudeness but self-protection, and the dialogue makes that clear. "They're watching me very closely," he says, and the fear is real — he could lose his license for talking. The key exchange is about power, not facts: the Phoenix is broke and powerless, the Globe is not, and the Church, as he puts it, "thinks in centuries." That line reframes the whole investigation. This is not a story that ends in a news cycle; it is a fight against an institution that measures time in generations, which is exactly the kind of story Spotlight was built for.
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“The Church thinks in centuries, Mr. Rezendes.”
A single line that reframes the fight: this opponent measures time in centuries.
Formal
“If we cover this story, everybody will hear about it.”
A plain statement of reach: publish it here and the whole city hears.
Neutral
“Do you think your paper has the resources to take that on?”
A polite challenge: you want the story, but can you really carry it?
Neutral
“You should get your facts straight. No, you're right. I should.”
A quick exchange that models grace under correction: push back, then own it.
Informal
Did you know that they tried to bring me up before the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers three times? They're watching me very closely. The Church? Yeah. The Church. Yeah. They'd like to get me disbarred. In fact, put that away. Put it away. Sure. I don't want you recording this in any way, shape or form. Not on paper, not on tape, nothing. In fact, I probably shouldn't even be speaking to you. So...
Look, Mr. Garabedian, I know there's things you cannot tell me, but I also know there's a story here. And I think it's an important story. I already talked to the Phoenix. Yeah, and there's a reason I didn't see it. Nobody reads the Phoenix anymore. They're broke. They don't have any power. The Globe does. If we cover this story, everybody will hear about it.
Siguiente · 05stand aloneLa escena: Marty Baron Meets Cardinal LawHe is being watched by the Church and could lose his law license, so he refuses any notes or recording in any form.
It means the Church plans on a scale of centuries, so it can outlast a newspaper and wear down any challenge.
To argue that the Phoenix is broke and powerless while the Globe still has reach, which is why this story could matter.
He wants time to think and asks Rezendes to call him tomorrow, after seeing whether the paper is serious.
