INTERRUPTED INTERVIEW. The following is from the final page of a transcript of an interview with Laura D'Andrea Tyson, President Clinton's chief economics adviser, by Gene Koprowski of Forbes ASAP magazine, as published in its issue dated Feb. 27.
Koprowski:. . . What kind of access do you have to your boss, the president?
Tyson: What a strange question! We have a regular briefing with him once a week. We deal with him several times a week in terms of analysis, statistics. And then, in any given period of time, it depends on the issue.
Tyson's chief of staff Tom O'Donnell bursts into the room.
O'Donnell: Gene, Gene. I would like to establish some ground rules here. What kind of story is this?
Tyson: Well, I think we went all over the place. We were talking about tax policy and --
O'Donnell: We can be on the record. I don't know. I didn't hear any of the answers. We can be on the record on technology, but will have to clear some of the other answers because we've gone too far afield. Is that all right?
Koprowski: We'll fact check everything with you. We have fact checkers who do that.
O'Donnell: No. I'm not talking about fact checking. I'm talking about clearing quotes. Do you have any discomfort with that?
Koprowski: You can't stop in midstream --
Tyson: We can stop right now! Your attitude through this whole thing has been what I would call not particularly easy.
O'Donnell: Gene, Gene. It's over! OK? And I'll talk with your editor. Is this Forbes or Fortune?
Tyson: Forbes.
O'Donnell: OK. Thanks.