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To: The Freep who wrote (115918)	8/7/2001 6:05:49 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Freep...yes, I agree, it's not a perfect comparison. And I didn't mention all analysts, just the ones who DID move the market or individual stocks HUGE in the bubble heyday, generally in the name of self-interest. The "price targets" were given as opinion, but it was presumed and advertised to be opinion with some basis in fact and using some sort of underlying financial analysis consistent with reality. Therefore they were lies (though the degree of intended deception was not as blatant as the EMLX hoaxster). I really don't have a problem with him being in the slam...but Blodgett and Meeker should be right beside him, with shorter terms. If the SEC had been doing their jobs in '97 to '99, that's exactly where they'd be. If you think news services "report only facts", you're sadly mistaken, BTW. Go through the reports in MarketWatch, or Reuters after a companies release, and look at the headlines...they have spin all over them (as do the articles themselves, presumed to be covering the same set of facts). Regards Patron