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To: John Graybill who wrote (50337)	1/16/2000 2:59:00 PM
From: Bob Howarth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

John. Do you think INTC sold shares in MU to make their earnings? It was kind of funny after such a great quarter that stock went down as much as it did after December earnings announcement , when the Taiwan DRAM guys rallied 20% or so in December.

To: John Graybill who wrote (50337)	1/17/2000 2:36:00 PM
From: John Graybill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

FWIW: Idaho Statesman business editor quits over "review" requirement: When Jim Bartimo went to work as business editor of the Idaho Statesman in Boise, he was stunned to learn how the Gannett paper handled sensitive stories. Bartimo helped edit a lengthy piece on Micron Technology, a major local employer, only to be told that the story had to be submitted to Micron executives for review before it could be published. Bartimo was so disappointed that he quit the $55,000-a-year job after only a month. "It's like running a story on politicians past the statehouse," Bartimo says. He says the story, published last month, "is softer now than it was before." An attorney for the paper, Wendell Van Lare, defended the practice in a letter to Bartimo's lawyer. "The newspaper chose to have the story reviewed by Micron representatives for fact-checking purposes," he wrote. "In fact, an error had been made, which was pointed out by Micron, and which was corrected prior to publication." Van Lare called the practice "good journalism" and said that "the notion that the Statesman's actions could jeopardize the journalistic reputations and careers of those involved is laughable." Statesman Managing Editor Steve Silberman, who asked for the Micron review, declined to comment. Bartimo, who had other disputes with the paper, raised the possibility of a lawsuit to recover the balance of one year's salary. But Van Lare says Bartimo used the Micron story as as "excuse" to quit and that the Statesman's only strategy was "limited to making sure the door did not strike his posterior during his subitaneous egress." washingtonpost.com (go down about halfway)