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| From | Sam Smith <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: This is CNN, a division of the RIAA |
| Date | Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:31:07 -0600 |
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John L. Micek wrote:
>If we could dispense with the conspiracy theories for the moment ...
>This sounds to my ear like it was written by someone (with little journalism
>experience) who was attempting to curry favor with his employer through a
>poorly argued opinion piece.
>That's not a tremendous shock given that the author of the piece is a
>student intern who's still probably hasn't learned the difference between
>idealism and making a display of yourself in public.
>
All companies have interns with a lot left to learn. NOT all companies
post the earnest naivetes of these children to their splash pages. I'm
perfectly capable of believing that CNN was overcome by a fit of
silliness, but sometimes "conspiracy theories" make perfect sense,
especially when they dovetail so perfectly with financial motivations.
I'm not Marxist, but Deep Throat was certainly onto something when he
advised Woodward and Bernstein to "follow the money."
But hey, it ain't like CNN doesn't do SOMETHING to embarrass itself
every week or two. Here was another one that set me off, if you have a
minute or three to kill...
http://www.lullabypit.com/blog/03.jun_jul.html#research
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strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
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kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
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