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Re: High-Tech Rumors Hoax sent via e-mail wounds gun-control group
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 20:38:07 -0400
Posted-Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 16:56:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 13:56:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock () well sf ca us> Subject: Re: High-Tech Rumors Hoax sent via e-mail wounds gun-control group To: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu> cc: interesting-people mailing list <interesting-people () eff org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Josh Quittner writes an interesting article about the gun control hoax. My question: Where are the online watchdogs? My own publication, CyberWire Dispatch, tries to take on these types of issues, these hoaxes, but the Dispatch staff numbers a total of one: Me. Josh's article is the first I've heard of the memo. But if I'd seen it sooner, I surely would have taken it on, investigated it and sent out a Dispatch article about it to the Net. At least this way, there would be an authoritative counter article "right on the heels" of the hoax message. But I'm not the only one that's capable of this... there must be thousands of Internet users that could track down the same information and put it out there. Why doesn't more of that type of action take place? Brock Meeks CyberWire Dispatch
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