From this Bloomberg Businessweek take on the Paula Deen scandal, a revelation that Deen's career may not have happened if not for 9/11, which Deen's agent saw as an opportunity to pitch Deen's "comforting" persona. Or as Deen wrote in her 2007 autobiography: "Barry and Gordon went back to Food Network, and they said, 'Listen, this country's scared. We are all scared. We need comfort in our lives.'" [Bloomberg]
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