in late november 1997 after jeff corry's review of ruddy's book was published, reed irvine of accuracy in media (who has received about $2 million from scaife since 1977) "reported in his newsletter that scaife had called tyrrell to say he was cutting him off." in fact, "tyrrell confirmed in an interview that the call occurred but said he couldn't remember details of the conversation that ended all support from the man who had been his principal benefactor for nearly 30 years."