OOP?:Possible "fan" quote broken link?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 56757

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:

> Here is the problem with that 'death of a fan' quote. There are lots
> of articles in which reporters said that she said that, but it's 
never
> in a direct quote. It's alway written in the words of the reporter 
as
> his interpretation of what some interview said. So, since none of 
the
> are direct quotes, it possible that they are all just spreading the
> rumor. 
> 
<snip>

Annemehr:

I'm sorry -- I guess I wasn't very clear (posting to this list is 
beginning to remedy that, though).

There are two related points I tried to make.

The first is, that I found a short article about JKR on CNN, from 
October 1999.  I posted the link.  If you go there, on that page is a 
*video link*, presumably to the interview which that article was based 
on.  As it is a video link, there's a good chance that JKR actually 
appeared on it, so we would have her own words.  Unfortunately, I 
can't access that video, and I don't know whether it's a dead link or 
my software is inadequate -- but I would be extremely interested if 
anyone else knew anything about it or could try it.  Since this is 
from 1999, it's probably too early to have a "fan" quote, but I am 
still interested because it would be new to me anyway.

The second point is that the school newspaper article said the source 
of the "fan" quote was a recent CNN interview (so, in 2002 I guess).  
I have never heard of such an interview, I certainly can't find it on 
CNN's site, and I wondered if anyone here could help.  I just see this 
as a clue, somewhere to look if anyone knows how or remembers any such 
thing.  My computer skills may be inadequate.

The two above points say to me that there is the possibility that CNN 
did some JKR interviews which they did not keep in their archives.  
This is sad news to me!  The only interview the site does have is her 
appearance on Larry King.

Annemehr
who hopes this is not OT as it deals with possible sources for 
secondary canon (or pseudo- ... you know what I mean!)