For the record
Those bastards at Wikipedia deleted my "Donna Lund" article, but this is what it said:
DONNA LUND
Donna Lund is believed to be a high school English teacher somewhere in the Maryland-DC area. Although her historical impact is debated by scholars, her existence is widely acknowledged in Journalistology circles. In recent years "the Lund," as she is known, has generated somewhat of a cult religious following by Journalistologists in the USA and parts of Mexico.
The first Lund rumors in the US materialized when Watergate reporter Bob Woodward rose to fame in 1973. Political historian Justin Snow explains the origin of the Lund legend:
The thing that no one knows about Watergate was that it wasn't originally Bob's idea. He was a fresh young reporter at the Washington Post, eager to prove himself, just as I was when I abandoned the Dulaney Griffin to write scathing editorials for the Baltimore Examiner. He wanted to write a story about alcohol citations issued to high school students, but he wasn't sure how to give it a Pulitzer-worthy spin. So he called his high school English teacher and journalism advisor, a Mrs. Donna Lund. She advised him against the story, cautioning him that there might be a legal issue. Instead, she encouraged him to investigate the highest office in the United States and make shocking accusations against the Nixon administration. When I followed Bob Woodward into the bathroom at the offices of the Washington Post, I overheard him say, "Thank God for that Mrs. Lund. Thanks to her, I narrowly dodged a serious legal issue. My only regret is that I never got to cover the Craft Fair or write an expose on WheresGeorge.com."
When asked if he had a man-crush on Woodward, Snow admitted, "Actually, I do."
DONNA LUND
Donna Lund is believed to be a high school English teacher somewhere in the Maryland-DC area. Although her historical impact is debated by scholars, her existence is widely acknowledged in Journalistology circles. In recent years "the Lund," as she is known, has generated somewhat of a cult religious following by Journalistologists in the USA and parts of Mexico.
The first Lund rumors in the US materialized when Watergate reporter Bob Woodward rose to fame in 1973. Political historian Justin Snow explains the origin of the Lund legend:
The thing that no one knows about Watergate was that it wasn't originally Bob's idea. He was a fresh young reporter at the Washington Post, eager to prove himself, just as I was when I abandoned the Dulaney Griffin to write scathing editorials for the Baltimore Examiner. He wanted to write a story about alcohol citations issued to high school students, but he wasn't sure how to give it a Pulitzer-worthy spin. So he called his high school English teacher and journalism advisor, a Mrs. Donna Lund. She advised him against the story, cautioning him that there might be a legal issue. Instead, she encouraged him to investigate the highest office in the United States and make shocking accusations against the Nixon administration. When I followed Bob Woodward into the bathroom at the offices of the Washington Post, I overheard him say, "Thank God for that Mrs. Lund. Thanks to her, I narrowly dodged a serious legal issue. My only regret is that I never got to cover the Craft Fair or write an expose on WheresGeorge.com."
When asked if he had a man-crush on Woodward, Snow admitted, "Actually, I do."