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"Anti-Learites"

    24-Dec-87 17:38:24
Sb: #99877-"Anti-Learites"
Fm: John Foust 72237,135
To: James Moran [OLT] 70007,2253
As I said, I am sure you keep a clip file of your articles. (I don't keep a clip file of your articles, I only go to OLT when I hear you've posted another zinger.) So please post a few of your stories, as I asked in the last message, and we can go from there. For instance, let's look at the "Operating System Recalled" story. Other people have questioned your 68030 Amiga story. As a journalist, I am sure you realize that some journalists do not do their homework. On several occasions, I think your stories have led to very similar stories on national computer shows. Do you think this is true? Also, as a journalist, I think you shouldn't walk away from self-examination, and questions about the validity of your story topics. For instance, the conventional media has had quite a few discussions of the ethics of the coverage of the Gary Hart incident. Here, I think there are many people who question stories that promote rumor as fact. Rumors are one thing, and should be clearly labeled as such, and belong on the back page, next to the comics.