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To: Jay Mowery who wrote (29926)	4/8/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36349

Aw, c'mon, Jay, tell us what you REALLY think! LOL. I mostly agree with you, but I'm not too sure I want Yahoo to start being the "protector of truth" on its chat lines. I don't spend much time (or any, usually) on Yahoo, but I don't want them to censure posts for accuracy. To me, that's one of the great things about the net -- it is wide open, and the janitor can cuss the CEO if he wants. Like Sam Colt's .44, the net is a great equalizer, and if someone starts to control it "for our own good," we will all lose a lot. IMO. Naw, I was thinking of CJ Cooper, not his brother, DB. <G> Good catch, amigo. And, you're right on the money about the media! good trading, amigo, jim

To: Jay Mowery who wrote (29926)	4/8/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: jas cooper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36349

Did anyone notice in the WSJ article where they voiced concern for the company or the shareholders? I didn't! And yet the alleged reporter came on the thread yesterday, as if she gave a sh*t what happened to the shareholders??? PLEASE!!! Give me a break!!!! Yeah! That's what the media is for. To keep us from acting like idiots, and then to fix things when we do. jas. (no relation to DB)

To: Jay Mowery who wrote (29926)	4/8/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: BWAC	Respond to of 36349

Jay, 110% right. If it was the "sanctioned" media reporting a buyout rumor it would be considered ok. But since we have an "unsanctioned" outright fake story its not ok. Of course the Bloomberg copyright infringement puts this into a much different category. Fraud in my opinion. And the SEC looks to be involved. PAIR needs to get behind this too. As I expect it will unnecessarily hinder the stock for a while. And Blomberg is the most important. They need to get on the copyright infringement thing. The person who made the thing up was awful brazen or stupid. I am sure they will be found. But when you get past all that its just one more example of hype. And the mainstream media does that all day long, every day.