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To: Solon who wrote (15971)	6/7/2001 10:25:20 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

Cool thanks for pointing that out. I might have missed it.

To: Solon who wrote (15971)	6/7/2001 11:15:03 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Here's a new cause for you, Solon. <g> washingtonpost.com <<Sony's Fake Movie Critic Finally, Mickey Kaus has a funny take on the Newsweek scoop that Sony was publishing glowing blurbs for its films from a fictional critic, David Manning: "The publisher of kausfiles.com announced today that his Web site has hired David Manning, the controversial film critic most recently associated with The Ridgefield Press and Columbia Pictures. Manning's tenure there ended when he was accused of not existing. 'Whatever David has done in the past – or, rather, hasn't done – we believe he deserves a second chance,' said kausfiles' CEO. 'For too long there has been a subtle but pervasive discrimination in our society against those who don't exist.' "Existism comes in many forms, he noted, from the public opprobrium heaped on Murphy Brown to the less visible, but more destructive, failure to procreate. 'The nonexistent are easy targets because they can't fight back. They don't vote. They can't picket or make giant papier mache puppets.'...The Web entrepreneur said he hopes Manning will be able to branch out from film criticism into more policy-oriented subjects. 'Millions of people now know his name and his work,' he argued. 'You can't buy branding like that.'>> Karen