in march 1992, brock had authored a sharply critical story about hill in "the american spectator" magazine which became the nucleus of the book, "the real anita hill". it was positively reviewed by several people, including george will in "newsweek", jonathan groner, then-associate editor of "legal times", in "the washington post" ("a serious work of investigative journalism"), and by christopher lehmann-haupt of "the new york times" ("carefully reasoned and powerful in its logic"). excerpts were also printed in the "wall street journal". it was negatively reviewed by jane mayer and jill abramson in "the new yorker", anna quindlen in the "new york times", dierdre english in "the nation", and anthony lewis in the "new york times", as well as molly ivins, and ellen goodman.