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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica?

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To: Abner Hosmer who wrote (2603)1/27/1998 11:59:00 PM
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Watch out guys! Official: AOL Liable for Drudge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- America Online should bear responsibility for comments made by cyberspace gossip Matt Drudge because it paid the columnist for his reports, an attorney for one of President Clinton's advisers said in court documents released today. AOL paid Drudge $3,000 each month to disseminate the ''Drudge Report'' to its 8.6 million subscribers worldwide. It also touted the report in press releases to help attract potential subscribers, said attorney William McDaniel, the attorney for Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal and his wife, Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal. McDaniel represents the Blumenthals in a $30 million defamation lawsuit against Drudge and AOL.
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