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| 28 FEB 2003 at 11:38pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I read it at work and my thoughts are is it real? was it created by someone who knew that by putting in that format it would generate a lot of attention and agreement by the friendly, casual way it is presented to us?
Not that I don't doubt the major comments regarding the economy, etc.
I guess what I am asking is did someone really do this or created it to get their point across in a more acceptable manner. ???
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 11:42pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Gayle (28 FEB 2003 11:37pm)
I guess what I am asking is did someone really do this or created it to get their point across in a more acceptable manner. ???
Hard to tell. See here for more info:
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=938
I guess we'll never know - it seems to be real but of course the author may have wanted the e-mail to leak. Conspiracy theories are fun
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| 2 MAR 2003 at 10:55pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Didn't see this before, it's certainly interesting and so far as it being a "private" message - methinks the lady protests too much. Our daughter is a journalist and it's not really the sort of thing most would do unless they actually did want it to "leak" out.
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| 3 MAR 2003 at 12:23am |
CarlaJourneyman
Posts : 836
Joined: 12 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I've just read the article. Interesting indeed.
As Gayle said, no doubts about the comments...but the point is if you can really believe in notes written by "a friend of a friend who writes for Newsday" ???
Has anyone checked there? Just to find out if "Laurie" really exists...and is a journalist, of course.
Anyway, Michal is right: everyone likes conspiracy theories, they're just too fun :
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| 3 MAR 2003 at 12:32am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (3 MAR 2003 12:22am)
Has anyone checked there? Just to find out if "Laurie" really exists...and is a journalist, of course.
If the other websites are to believed, Laurie is a real journalist all right and does work for the paper... and she was (at least outwardly) pretty pissed about the whole affair.
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