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Pastimes : Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

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To: Cindy Powell who wrote (273)	4/28/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) of 3795

Professional comment from a BizWire spokesperson: "It isn't funny," said Tamraz. "No one thinks it is funny anymore." This reminds me of a running joke I have with a friend. It all turns on the phrase: "That just isn't funny!!". Well Janice, you should have recognized that you stepped on some toes and you could and should have diffused the situation with some apologies... Why? You don't seem to understand: they tried to play the Heavy-Handed Authorities with us. We don't like that. Who does? As far as your accusations that Business Wire met you with hostility, I think that you are obviously projecting your own hostile attacking personna and repetoire on Business Wire. Why do you think that? Were you privy to their communications with Jeff and Bill? (By the way, they've never communicated with me at all; can't they figure out how to do that?) And btw: it's "persona". I can understand why Business Wire feels that they need to take a stand, and I think that other wires will follow their lead. Why? We've never run PRs on any other services, so I really don't thing they'd feel they had any reason to come after us. Geez Janice, you have already pulled this stunt off once, why keep doing it year after year. April Fool's, you know, Cindy. Not everyone was born humorless.

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