In the April issue of Vanity Fair, the Corzine children - Josh, Jeffrey, and Jennifer - wrote to protest the portrayal of their parents in a February feature entitled "Jon Corzine's Riskiest Business." Their response is below.

The sweeping negative narrative the authors use to describe our family in “Jon Corzine’s Riskiest Business” [by Bryan Burrough, William D. Cohan, and Bethany McLean, February] completely contradicts our firsthand experience of events and people.

We have never been estranged from our father, nor do we recognize the motives you ascribed to him in politics and business. The father we know ran for public office because of a lifelong desire to give back to society as well as a love of the political process and a passion to be a progressive Democrat. Our family, friends, and former business colleagues hold the same view. Though we disagree with your analysis of him and find your sources, often referred to as close friends, dubious at best, not to mention nameless, we understand judgments about public figures come with the territory.

What does not come with the territory in our minds are reckless allegations and assertions involving private personalities such as the ones you chose to propagate toward our mother, Joanne. Your portrayal of her is the opposite of who we know her to be. The subjective descriptions of her character based on quotes from anonymous “friends” is the elevation of gossip to legitimate reporting. The assertion regarding her becoming “close” to David Tepper is a blatant falsehood. She has never met or spoken to David Tepper. Our mother was an involved member of the Summit, New Jersey, community for almost 30 years and had built lifelong friendships. Our childhood home was not cold but warm and loving. Our mother tried to create as normal a life as possible for us. She taught us, by example, how to live a private and productive life.

JOSH CORZINE JEFFREY CORZINE JENNIFER CORZINE Brooklyn, New York

Some Choice Comments. From: Isabella_CS.  I wonder if they realize how out of touch with reality they sound when talking about their father (the bit about their mother could very well be true, but nobody really cares). Grow up in a bubble and in a bubble you shall live and die. From: Hap317. What I would like to know is how these deluded children can maintain a love and affection for a man who clearly has stolen from innocent people. MF Global's clientele are not the savvy investment types that Jon dealt with during his tenure at GS. They are farmers hedging their crops in the futures markets. Then the other tragedy are the employees that have been forced to find other work because of his reckless behavior. 40 to 1 leverage is NOT considered to be sound investing, especially when customer's assets are involved. These poor, ignorant children of a psychopath should spend more time with their analysts and less time defending the corruption this vile creature has perpetrated on the American public. There is no accountability left in this country for those with the elite political ties. It is disgusting. From:  DoctorRolloeSinclair. Q: Which one of these three was busted for plagiarism at their high school in Morristown?  A: the one that had to go to rehab.   Rumor is... Yes Libby Obama crony dad cut a check to make the plagiarism thing go away For further details, go to:  [Vanity Fair, 3/6/12].