Thank you for your fearless and tireless effort informing us of yet one more (apparently) condoned scam. I agree completely with Claudia’s “Non-response is a response”. I’m sending all of this to my respective (Texas) Congressmen. It will be interesting and possibly informative to see what responses I receive. In retrospect, I think I will buy one last issue of Fortune and personally email their prominent advertisers informing them that I will boycott their products as long as they continue to buy space in a publication that will not respond to such serious and possibly criminal allegations. I will also encourage everyone possible to do the same. Keep up the great work and thanks again.

Jason Armstrong

I want to take the time & give you applause!! Wonderful! It is clear that there is good and evil in this world! I admire your courage to stand up for the right thing! I will never look at Fortune the same again! Matter of fact I don’t think I will be looking at it ever again!
May God bless you Patrick.
Sincerely a happy customer of Overstock,
Melissa Sharp

I am writing regarding the allegations by Patrick Byrne (www.deepcapture.com) and was curious if you would please reply to me to confirm or disconfirm these allegations. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt before I prove them guilty, so I would like to hear from your first before I prove Time guilty of the alleged.

I have been a Time subscriber for many years and would hate to know that what I was reading was biased or in anyway misleading. If this allegation was true it would be a substantial hit to Time’s reputation so it would be great if you could please provide the truth good or bad (your conscience is calling!)

I hope to hear from you soon,

Thank you,

Kyle Holmes

I am writing regarding the allegations by Patrick Byrne (www.deepcapture.com) and was curious if you would please reply to me to confirm or disconfirm these allegations. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt before I prove them guilty, so I would like to hear from your first before I prove Fortune guilty of the alleged.

I have been a Fortune subscriber for many years and would hate to know that what I was reading was biased or in anyway misleading. If this allegation was true it would be a substantial hit to Fortune’s reputation so it would be great if you could please provide the truth good or bad (your conscience is calling!)
I hope to hear from you soon,

Thank you,

Kyle Holmes

No worries. Nothing I did not expect.

Or should we start canceling our subscriptions?

Dear Mr. Serwer and Ms. Reitz,

Please be so kind to answer Dr. Byrne’s request.

With every best wish,

Dr. Byrne has documented the very questionable, and probably illegal, actions of Bethany McLean and requested a response from you. In a court of law, pleading the 5th Amendment is an understandable strategy, whether guilty or innocent. In the court of public opinion, however, where we now reside, this is a very questionable tactic, especially with respect to a company who’s success depends upon it’s reputation and integrity. Why will you not defend your magazine?

A very interested reader.

Where else could one “borrow” equity with the hope it goes down in value immediately?

There are simple economic answers to all these problems: why isn’t the cost of “borrowing” more than the spread when they “win” and America loses? If it goes down 6%, the “borrowing” fee is a mere 9%.

Want to move offshore and not pay American taxes? No problem. We’ll just charge former-American companies three times the rate they would’ve paid if they stayed for all their new transactions in America.