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Pastimes : Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers
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To: Cindy Powell who wrote (254)4/28/1999 2:41:00 PM
From: Janice Shell  Read Replies (2) of 3795
 
As usual, Cindy, you're full of it.

I can imagine that Business Wire is standing between two fires now, angry "duped" people that want some action taken, and defensive S.I.ers who know the three on a more day to day basis and understand their repetoire.

What "angry 'duped' people"? More than 2000 emails were sent to the Webnode site; they're still coming in. Far as I know, there isn't a single complaint by anyone who claims to have been "duped". BizWire told the WSJ reporter that it had received "several" messages of support, woo woo.

It appears to me that Business Week would have been willing to laugh along with the "joke" had Janice et al not capitalized on the situation to further ridicule and bash Business Wire.

Well, Cindy, what "appears to you" isn't "what happened". BizWire was quite hostile from the very start. Came on strong with demands and threats from the get-go. Had they been willing to "laugh along", as you put it, we would most certainly have accommodated them.
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