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To: cfimx who wrote (6922)	1/16/1998 4:43:00 PM
From: cAPSLOCK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

:Jeez guys. Awfully sensitive. This is a cub reporter TRYING his or :her best to interpret a press release-minutes after it was released. :There isn't a commie under every rock. Well I can understand to an extent why people would be a little sensative, can't you? However, I must promise that if MSFT were to have a similar spin put on a earnings report, I would treat them the same. The matter of the fact is (I know now that I have talked to an accountant a broker, and an analyist) One time charges, out of the ordinary, like in an aquisition are not held against the company in an earnings report. Of course they are reported, but it is customarily understood that a charge like that is unusual, and any reaction to it (bad or good) happens at the time of the charge. It is simply not considered a loss of earnings, but an unusual one time expense. Therefore the reporter had to choose to report the earnings in a non-customary way, emphasizing the effect of the charge. And in my opinion that kind of choice shows bias. And that is grounds to be displeased with the report/reporter. respectfully, cAPSLOCK