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To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (8598)	7/16/2000 8:28:26 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Vince, Without a source, we are left with a sort of "because I said so" statement. This is what you gave us and why you were questioned. You then posted that Michael's post was an even worse indictment on what was happening in the schools than what you had written. This was just not true as it had nothing to do with schools at all.. The reason Michael's post and URL is important is that it allowed people to further research and discover the gaps in the coverage of a potentially alarming story-- as it turned out his article was not at all complete and was biased. And this is why it has particular import to your story. When one posts as you did, without a source, readers are left without any way to judge validity, any way to question facts. Your allegation may have been 100% accurate-- we just don't know. YOu have to expect doubt in such a circumstance. Re- the media has an agenda- It seems EVERYONE has an agenda. And I don't forget that for a minute.

To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (8598)	7/16/2000 9:34:23 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 9127

I think you're being a bit too sensitive. Nobody, here or anywhere else, is going to accept a highly improbable story at face value with nothing but "I heard it on the radio a few years back" as a source. I doubt that you would accept such a story on such unverifiable grounds. We all know that an infinitude of bull stories and "urban myths" are circulating, and that a lot of what is reported in the news is out of context or just plain inaccurate. Odd that you would go on about inaccuracy and hidden agendas in the media, and then expect us to accept a story like that on the basis of a memory of a radio broadcast. If we accept the notion that the media are not to be trusted, than surely we should not accept anything without being able to cross-check with other sources. Perceptions of personal integrity are not involved. Most of us have been suckered into believing a bull story at one time or another. That doesn't mean we lack integrity, it just means we suspended our critical faculties at the wrong moment. The lesson we learn is that we should check out news stories that we want to believe even more diligently than we check out news stories that we don't want to believe.