Category: Media Watch

* “This attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice.”–British Prime Minister Theresa May, on the Manchester terrorist bombing.

* “The belief in shared values has been shattered by the Trump Administration. … It’s as if he’s still trying to win a campaign.”–Stephan Bierling, trans-Atlantic relations specialist at Germany’s University of Regensburg.

* “He feels much more knowledgeable on the topic today.”–White House economic adviser Gary Cohn, on how President Donald Trump’s views are “evolving” on the global climate accord.

* “Trump thinks the way to represent America is with a caricature of strength, without understanding it comes across as weakness and boorishness.”–Maureen Dowd, New York Times.

* “Washington conservatives know that reporters are not making up these incredible quotes, or relying only on Democratic holdovers, or getting bits of gossip from the janitor.”–Megan McArdle, Bloomberg.

* “(The government’s) asserted national security interest … appears to be a post hoc, secondary justification for an executive action rooted in religious animus and intended to bar Muslims from this country.”–U.S. (4th) Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, in ruling against the executive order targeting six Muslim-majority countries.

* “If you look back 10 years from now, I’d be surprised if the Trump effect didn’t show up in the data.”–Joshua Gans, professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, on Canada’s efforts to welcome immigrants in high-tech fields, notably artificial intelligence, in response to Trump Administration policies.

* “Basically dead on arrival.”–The take of Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, on the Trump Administration’s $4.1 trillion budget plan.

* “I don’t think the president’s budget is going anywhere.”–Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.

* “These cuts that are being proposed are draconian.”–U.S. Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky.

* “In the America of President Trump’s budget, children, working families, seniors and people with disabilities will be ‘fined,’ while the wealthiest Americans will get a ‘bonus.’ What’s so ‘great’ about that America?”–Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

* “It makes everything harder and more difficult.”–Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on the impact of the Congressional Budget Office’s scathing analysis of the House GOP health care bill.

* “There’s blinking yellow lights throughout the whole thing.”–Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., on the CBO report.

* “We need these folks up here dealing with all the investigations and all that stuff. It’s important. But to think they’re going to drive an economic message with this blazing inferno going on today is just not realistic.”–Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s Democratic governor.

* “Asking the FBI to drop an investigation is obstruction of justice. Obstruction of justice is an impeachable offense.”–Florida congressman Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton.

* “The attorney general’s directive marks an unnecessary and unfortunate return to past ‘tough on crime’ practices that we now know simply don’t enhance or promote the safety of our communities. There is no empirical evidence to suggest that increases in sentence, particularly for low-level offenses, decrease the crime rate.”–Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, one of the 31 district prosecutors nationwide who signed a letter voicing opposition to the ‘tough-on-crime’ policies of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

* “Those in the Republican leadership in Tallahassee view their own inaction to improve our public education system as the perfect excuse to siphon billions of your tax dollars to well-connected, for-profit charter school corporations.”–State Rep. Janet Cruz of Tampa, the House Democratic Leader.

* “I am prepared to invest significant monies in this industry and I plan to.”–Attorney John Morgan, in announcing that he intends to spend upwards of $100 million into “the right (medical marijuana) opportunities.”

* “It is irresponsible and poor governance to ask you to decide on sweeping changes to the tax (homestead exemption) statute without also telling you what the consequences will be for services in your backyard.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn.

* “What you’re witnessing is the evolution of the airport model. … Now we’re a mini mall that offers plane departures.”–TIA CEO Joe Lopano.

* “There’s nothing like hosting a Super Bowl.”–Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan.

“Today, America lost one of its great, patriotic warriors.” So spoke Fox News host Sean Hannity, in referring to the recently deceased Roger Ailes, the former Fox chairman and CEO. It gives partisan bombast a bad name.

It’s also an insult to “great, patriotic warriors.”

You can call Ailes a communications maestro or a medium master or a revolutionary media change agent. That’s accurate because of how he maneuvered television messaging, packaged political candidates and changed the face of 24-hour news. Even if he were sleazy.

But patriotic? Not when you helped change America for the worst–from packaging Richard Nixon to morphing politics into ideological show business with Fox News. You don’t eulogize those whose ultimate mantra was “Ratings First” not “Country First.” And you don’t shower paeans on those who made Roger Stone look like a classy guy.

* “Today, Iran–prouder than ever–is ready to promote its relations with the world based on mutual respect and national interests.”–Recently re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

* “We are going to give renegotiation a good, strong shot.”–U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer, on what the Trump Administration intends to do on NAFTA.

* “I accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability.”–Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who was appointed special counsel to lead an investigation into possible Russia-Trump campaign connections.

* “This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!”–President Donald Trump.

* “You can’t be the quarterback of the team if the rest of the team is not in the huddle.”–Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

* “The country is now caught in the internal maelstrom that is the mind of Donald Trump. We are in the realm of the id. Chaos reigns. No guardrails can hold.”–Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.

* “(Trump) reacts rather than reflects, and damn the consequences. This is what makes his access to the nuclear codes so dangerous and frightening.”–Tony Schwartz, ghostwriter of “The Art of the Deal.”

* “A man with a deformed personality and a defective intellect runs a dysfunctional administration.”–Bret Stephens, New York Times.

* “The Comey fiasco will be remembered as a case study in misjudging a situation, mismanaging the easily foreseeable fallout and achieving the exact opposite of one’s aims. If this is private-sector savvy, give me a bloated government bureaucracy any day.”–Frank Bruni, New York Times.

* “(The White House) has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and order. … Obviously they’re in a downward spiral right now.”–Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

* “It is absurd to think the president can solve his problems by firing his staff. They are not the problem. He is the problem. They’re not the A-Team, they’re not the counselors you’d want, experienced and wise. They’re the island of misfit toys.”–Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal.

* “Mr. Trump took the lid off the Pandora’s box of anti-democratic forces that had been seething for decades.”–Lee Siegel, author of “The Draw: A Memoir.”

* “The guy who promised to ‘drain the swamp’ is snorkeling in it.”–Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald.

* “When I ran for office, I said (Trump) is a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president.”–Jeb Bush.

* “If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then, yeah, I’m sorry.”–Twitter co-founder Evan Williams.

* “I say to all my colleagues in the Senate, ‘History is watching.'”–Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY.

* “To work for Trump requires one to think up justifications that defy common sense and ignore reality.”–Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post.

* “I’ll let history be the judge. But I’m proud of this. I think it’s an important moment not just for the city of New Orleans but for the country.”–New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, after the last of four monuments to Confederate-era figures were removed.

* “Everybody moving to Florida is using less energy.”–Duke Energy Florida President Harry Sideris.

* “These kinds of declines are difficult to come by, especially when you look at what happened to the labor force.”–UCF economist Sean Snaith, noting that Florida’s unemployment fell from 4.8 percent in March to 4.5 percent in April–even as the labor force grew.

* “There was no fear in the consequences. How much legislative turnover is there each election cycle? Almost none.”–Gary Mormino, USF history professor.

* “As the gateway to the west coast of Florida, it’s essential that the airport grow at a pace consistent with Tampa Bay, one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country.”–TIA CEO Joe Lopano.

* “There is no question we are absolutely strongly considering Tampa in the mix. The city can house a world-class event. It’s proving it time after time after time.”–Steve Mayer, executive vice president of the NHL, on chances that Tampa will be selected to host the 2018 NHL All-Star Game.

* “It would be nice to get it resolved.”–Tampa City Attorney Sal Territo, reacting to news that the Florida Supreme Court has accepted a case to decide the legality of red-light cameras.

* “It’s more about appreciating art than art appreciating in value.”–How Jeff Vinik assesses the art experience. He and his wife Penny are bringing a free Lego exhibition, “The Art of the Brick,” to Tampa this summer to boost public art.

Ever feel like an alien in your own pop culture? Good, I knew I wasn’t the only one.

But I haven’t given up.

The other day I caught an interesting podcast on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” It featured Jordan Peele, the debut director of “Get Out,” a movie that’s received more than its share of reviewer shout-outs. Rotten Tomatoes even gave it a 99% ranking. It’s been called, among other things, a “genre hybrid,” as well as “ambitious” and “daring.” Reviewers have referenced everything from “The Stepford Wives” to “Rosemary’s Baby” for analogies.

“Get Out” is a riff on race in America with blind-siding plot twists and horror-movie staples and good production values. Think 2017 version of “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” Well, that’s what I thought from what I had heard.

The engaging, articulate Peele talked about the trends and taboos of interracial dating. The African-American director talked about being the “other” in colorless contexts. He talked about what it was like to attend all-white functions with black hired help. Was there, for instance, a universal, racial identity that transcended class? In short, “Yes.”

It reeled me in. A good, probing conversation will do that.

My wife and I saw “Get Out” the other day at Centro Ybor. OK, it was $5 Tuesday, but we were curious to the point of intrigued. The Ybor City Wine Bar provided the perfect venue for a recap.

What we recaptured: Our bad.

It wasn’t so much a contemporary version of “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” It was more like Sidney Poitier meets “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers” meets “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.” More off-putting than thought-provoking.

Among those who ought to be embarrassed: Brian Williams. His co-star daughter, Allison Williams, is still stalked by her HBO “Girls” persona. She’s not an accomplished actress, but she is annoying.

Instead of a racial tale of our age-of-Obama times with societal edginess, racial twists and dark subplots, “Get Out” is a surface hodgepodge of faux hip.

“Get Out”? Get serious.

* “Today, it happened to 10,000 computers. There’s no barrier to do it tomorrow to 100 million computers.”–Ori Eisen, founder of the Trusona cybersecurity firm, on the recent global “ransomware” cyberattack.

* “Very simply, he was not doing a good job.”–President Donald Trump on the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

* “Dems have been complaining for months and months about Director Comey. Now that he has been fired, they PRETEND to be aggrieved. Phony hypocrites!”–Donald Trump.

* “It’s now up to Congress to save the Constitution by initiating impeachment proceedings. Trump can’t say ‘You’re fired’ to the House of Representatives. Trump has crossed the line. He is covering up high crimes and misdemeanors.”–Lawrence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard University Law School.

* Liberals need to accept that the strongest case for removing Trump from office is likely to remain a 25th Amendment case: not high crimes and misdemeanors, not collusion with the Russians, but a basic mental unfitness for the office that manifests itself in made-for-TV crises and self-inflicted wounds.”–Ross Douthat, New York Times.

* “No district is off the table.”–New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, the House Democratic campaign chairman, in vowing that Democrats will cast the widest possible net in 2018.

* “If you want Trump to tell the truth, to behave responsibly, and not to lash out in unreasoned fury, then it can’t just be Democrats who take him on.”–David French, National Review.

* “Trump doesn’t have to ‘deliver,’ in the traditional sense, in order to retain his base. … They are satisfied with a president with whom they feel culturally in sync.”–Bill Scher, Real Clear Politics.

* “In a lot of ways, I think Republicans have co-opted the Democrats’ message. They have policies that benefit the top 1 percent but managed to convince people those things are in their best interests, when they’re not.”–Former state Rep. Ed Narain.

* “If this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you. Choose which way you want to go.”–Bethune-Cookman University President Edison Jackson, in admonishing B-C graduates for booing and turning their backs on commencement speaker Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education.

* “We don’t have the budget to do some of the marketing campaigns we have in the past without Visit Florida. Marketing pictures of just beaches doesn’t work anymore.”–Visit Tampa Bay CEO Santiago Corrada.

* “If you ask any site selector, they will tell you the importance of financial incentives. The days of relying on the weather and our favorable tax climate are long over. … We are competing against states like Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia–states that we never thought we would compete against but we are.”–Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan.

* “Maybe we do temporary freezes until we know how all our numbers play out. We don’t know yet until Aug.10 (the first day of school) how many students will be in our classes.”–Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent Jeff Eakins.

* “For a nonpartisan office, this is likely to be a highly partisan race. These are two experienced politicians. Both have won in this geography. Both have a lot of passion.”–USF political scientist Susan MacManus, on the St. Petersburg mayor’s race pitting incumbent (Democratic) Mayor Rick Kriseman and former (Republican) Mayor Rick Baker.

* “It’s not a secret that we have to have an office (consulate) close to our major communities, and it’s not a secret that we have our own preferences that way. Of course, we will be looking to places where local authorities consider it good news to have a Cuban office there.”–Jose Ramon Cabanas, Cub’s ambassador to the U.S., in an appearance at St. Petersburg College.

* “What I’d consider to be the No. 1 public safety issue in Pinellas County.”–Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, on the epidemic of juvenile car thieves.

* “I do not propose to reform France; I propose to transform it at its deepest level.”–Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron.

* “Demagogic forms of populism are on the rise. These certainly do not help to consolidate peace and stability.”–Pope Francis.

* “Obviously we will stand up for our interests as Britain too will stand up for its interests. We’re trying to forge a strong European Union of 27. This is the sort of spirit with which we approach these (“Brexit”) negotiations.”–German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

* “Lordy, this has been painful.”–FBI Director James Comey, explaining the impact of his controversial role in politically sensitive investigations at the climax of the presidential campaign.

* “The notion of a chain of command is gone.”–David F. Gordon, the State Department director of policy planning under President George W. Bush.

* “New presidents typically grow into the job, but Trump remains a bully and a charlatan.”–Nicholas Kristof, New York Times.

* “His fathomless lack of interest in America’s path to the present and his limitless gullibility leave him susceptible to being blown about by gusts of factoids that cling like lint to a disorderly mind.”–George Will, Washington Post.

* “Republican senators will not let the American people down! ObamaCare premiums and deductibles are way up–it was a lie and it is dead!”–Donald Trump.

* “The Republicans now have a pre-existing condition: They voted for something that will cause them a lot of pain in the future.”–Maureen Dowd, New York Times.

* “Eighteen months is an eternity in politics.”–House Speaker Paul Ryan, on the possible political fallout for Republicans in 2018 as a result of the House voting to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

* “Basically, we’re writing our own bill.”–Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health Committee.

* “I simply view President Trump as the Wizard of Oz. Loud and bombastic. A charlatan. Nothing behind the screen–other than the institutional chaos that governs his ever-changing mind.”–Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.

* “The best opinion section is one that offers an ideological brawl, not an intellectual cocoon.”–Ruth Marcus, Washington Post.

* “Once you stop learning, you start dying.”–Albert Einstein.

* “I am proud of my record. I would ask people to take a look at my whole record, and my record is one that supports my district as well as the state of Florida.”–Former Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham, in announcing her bid for governor in 2018.

* “Adam’s a good guy, but like some other politicians, he’s bought and paid for by the special interests, especially the utility industry. That concerns me.”–Republican Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano, in assessing the 2018 gubernatorial chances of Agriculture Secretary Adam Putnam.

* “Go forth and veto boldly.”–House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s challenge to Gov. Rick Scott.

* “We have limited political capital. We prioritize our issues, and I don’t think lobbying Congress on that (Cuban embargo) issue will be productive.”–Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson.

* “I am terribly disappointed that the will of the voters has been ignored by our elected legislative body. Every year that there is no funding for Florida Forever is a lost year for Floridians.”–Nat Reed, founder of 1,000 Friends of Florida, responding to the state budget that calls for spending zero dollars for the Florida Forever program to buy up environmentally sensitive land–despite the passage of Amendment 1 in 2014.

* “This is the best example of growth paying for itself and paying for more than itself  and bringing jobs and bringing high value to its community.”–Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill, in reference to redevelopment money generated from Tampa’s downtown CRA.

* “Over all, the politician that (Marine) Le Pen has obviously strained to imitate is not her father (Jean-Marie) or Marshal Petain, but Charles de Gaulle–the de Gaulle who fiercely opposed European political integration, who granted Algeria its independence in part because he doubted France could absorb millions of Muslim immigrants, whose ‘France First’ worldview consistently gave other Western leaders fits.”–Ross Douthat, New York Times.

* “Venezuela is descending into chaos. … The IMF predicts inflation in Venezuela will reach a staggering 700 percent this year. It’s time for Latin American leaders to lead. … It is time for the region to grow up. … A failure to act will lead to more violence, and it may result in mass migrations that destabilize bordering nations, not unlike what has happened with Syria.”–Former Florida Republican Sen. George LeMieux.

* “By essentially endorsing (Philippines President Rodrigo) Duterte’s murderous war on drugs, Trump is now morally complicit in future killings. Although the traits of his personality likely make it impossible, Trump should be ashamed of himself.”–John Sifton, Asia director of Human Rights Watch, commenting on President Donald Trump’s invitation for the authoritarian leader to visit him at the White House.

* “You came through big for me, and I am going to come through for you. The eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end.”–You have a true friend and champion in the White House.”–President Donald Trump, in addressing the NRA in Atlanta.

* “It’s a great day for American workers, unleashing American energy and clearing the way for thousands and thousands of high-paying American energy jobs. Our country is blessed with incredible natural resources, including abundant offshore oil… .”–Donald Trump, in issuing an executive order to implement the America First Offshore Energy Strategy.

* “I urge the Trump Administration to reverse course and put the well-being of our coastal communities above oil industry profits.”–U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg.

* “If the Democrats knew what the hell they were doing, they would approve it. Obviously they don’t mind the illegals  pouring in, the drugs pouring in. They don’t mind.”–Donald Trump, addressing the issue of the border wall during a rally in Harrisburg, Pa.

* “We’re going to give renegotiation a good, strong shot.”–Donald Trump on the status of NAFTA.

* “This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”–Donald Trump.

* “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.”–Donald Trump.

* “(Trump’s) failed to demonstrate an ability to make deals.”–Former Republican Congressman David Jolly of Pinellas County.

* “The president would be wise to recalibrate, reset and make changes in how he operates before today’s lowly ratings lock in place.”–Republican strategist Karl Rove.

* “Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles. But 1986 proved that when both are present, big things can get done.”–Bill Bradley, former Democratic senator from New Jersey, in referencing the last time Congress overhauled the tax code: the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

* “Mr. President, the media is not fake news. Our job is to put the best obtainable version of the truth out there, period. Especially now.”–Carl Bernstein, at White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

* “Federal funding that bears no meaningful relationship to immigration enforcement cannot be threatened merely because a jurisdiction chooses an immigration enforcement strategy of which the president disapproves.”–U.S. District Judge William Orrick, in issuing a preliminary injunction blocking any attempt by the Trump Administration to withhold funding from “sanctuary cities.”

* “Republicans love to brag about Theodore Roosevelt, except when he was protecting the wilderness.”–Gail Collins, New York Times.

* “I find super-expensive drugs annoying, and hospital market power is a big problem. But what’s driving our health insurance premiums is that we are paying the wages of a whole bunch of people who aren’t involved in the delivery of care. Hospitals keep raising their rates to pay for all of this labor.”–Bob Kocher, a former Obama Administration official who worked on the Affordable Care Act and is now a partner in the venture capital firm Venrock.

* “I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn’t have had the Civil War.”–Donald Trump.

* “The passions to block conservative speakers at Middlebury and the University of California, Berkeley, should also give us pause: Liberalism shouldn’t be illiberal.”–Nicholas Kristof, New York Times.

* “The only fanaticism believers can have is that of charity. Any other fanaticism does not come from God and is not pleasing to him!”–Pope Francis, in his visit to Egypt.

* “Our situation is  dire. It is very dire.”–Hillsborough County School Board member April Griffin, bemoaning rising costs and scarce public funds.

Remember when the media merely presented the news? Sure, it had to select and edit; that’s part of the (sausage) process, whether the medium is print or electronic. And each had its separate, properly-labeled opinion forums. But these days, we too often have the media being the news, from “fake”–both alleged and actual–to partisan. Hardly healthy, especially for a democracy steeped in First Amendment sanctity.

Exhibit A: Fox News recently dropping Bill O’Reilly, the man who morphed from “Entertainment Tonight” host to cable news-ratings kingpin. It was blockbuster stuff.

Would that the network, however, had summarily dismissed him for being a scurrilous deviant. But no, he was let go because there was no way to spin his slimy behavior to the satisfaction of sponsors, who pulled virtually all their advertising. So much for that touted clean up of a culture of harassment personified by the iconically sleazy Roger Ailes.

Too bad that Fox, after its “thorough and careful review” didn’t put out this statement: “Bill O’Reilly is a predator and a pervert. We’re embarrassed and humiliated to have been associated with him this long. And, yes, there’s an unconscionable side to paying hush money. This is no time for nuance. He’s FIRED! He deserves no less than the industry “F” word.

“Moreover, this is a sampling from our new, corporate, ‘no-spin zone.’ No longer will our female hosts, commentators and guests be treated like hens in the Fox house.”

And, BTW, O’Reilly’s appearance–as part of his national tour stops with comedian Dennis Miller and Fox News personality Jesse Watters–at Amalie Arena in September is still on. As it should be.

While there is a national petition calling for venues to cancel, that wouldn’t be proper. O’Reilly hasn’t been criminally charged, and this is a marketplace dynamic not to be confused with an employer-employee relationship. The decision to show up at “The Spin Stops Here” tour rests with consumers–as well as with Dennis Miller and Jesse Watters.

Don’t you hate it when people such as Ann Coulter are right? That’s the upshot of her abruptly canceled talk on illegal immigration at the University of California at Berkeley. She threw a strategic fit and cried foul. Coulter had been invited by campus Republicans, and Berkeley officials–not wanting to risk riotous behavior that accompanied the recent appearance of a former Breitbart editor–called it off for security concerns. Coulter has a right to speak.

Free speech, if it is to remain properly ensconced as part of a sacrosanct Bill of Rights, can’t be subject to ideological cherry picking. Coulter, however obnoxiously off-putting to non-right wingers, wasn’t going to incite insurrection. She would have addressed, in her own inimitably annoying fashion, a valid–however emotional, controversial and politically partisan–issue. If she’s on the wrong side of that issue, shouldn’t she be given the forum to out herself?

Or should there be a new First Amendment exception for hot topics that can’t be trusted to a crowd of politically partisan university students, who have presumably earned their way into higher education? Is this the counterpart of canceling, say, Elizabeth Warren at Liberty University?

Neither is acceptable.

Here’s what you do. Plan accordingly. That means professional, common-sense security measures, but it also means announcing the ground rules well in advance. And it also means time to allow campus leaders to make the manifestly obvious point that rioting or summarily canceling reflects poorly on the non-Coulter fan base and related causes. It makes it all too easy for the usual haters to stereotype progressives as hypocrites and the real agents of intolerance.

Whether it’s Coulter or Warren or Sean Hannity or Rachel Maddow speaking, make them part of a broader forum with other speakers and plenty of time for serious Q&A. If the speaker doesn’t agree to that, then cancel away in good conscience–not bad faith.