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To: Bob Rudd who wrote (16118)	1/9/2003 6:51:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78751

I am not questioning the value of different points of view; it was specifically the rhetorical style of stringing together a series of weak conditional phrases to imply a conclusion that doesn't have the merits to stand on its own as a positive declaration. But the average reader sees the conclusion much more vividly than the language it is couched in. Greenberg's publication is 10% owned by David Rocker, who runs a hedge fund with publicly stated positions in many of the stocks that Greenberg writes about. Hurting ACAS helps one of Greenberg's bosses. That is an agenda far beyond the usual varying analyst points of view on a subject. It reminds me of a politician bashing a proposal for a project that would draw funds away from another project that a major campaign contributor benefits from. Both Greenberg and the politician are not breaking the law. But it is certainly unethical not to reveal the full web of conflicted interests.