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To: RODNEY R. BORDELON who wrote (6139)	5/9/1998 1:55:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10786

Truth, looks like someone agrees with you... in print: We in the press have not taken this seriously. In my ineptness, I have plenty of company: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post (until recent weeks), Time, Newsweek and Business Week, just to mention a few news giants. Despite occasional stories, we haven't portrayed this as a truly threatening development that may not be "fixed" on time. Our failure amplifies the larger lapses of political leaders. President Clinton and Vice President Gore project themselves as cyber boosters; they love photo-ops with students at computers. But they've virtually neglected the Y2K problem. As a result, many agencies lag badly in converting their computers... But it could turn out that Y2K matters much more than Microsoft. I lean toward alarmism simply because all the specialists I contacted last week -- people actually involved with fixing the computers -- are alarmed. On the record, they say the problem is serious and the hour is late. Their cheeriest view is that "no one knows" what will happen. Off the record, they incline toward Doomsday. Link: washingtonpost.com - Jeff