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Pastimes : Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 216SI who wrote (1543)	5/4/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3795

I've never worked for SI, and it really doesn't matter if I have, anyway. Additionally, there's nothing wrong with putting my 'paying clients' work ahead of others, particularly when I'm already in the middle of of one of their projects. I attended to the BW matter within 3 1/2 hours that same day. I see no problem with a time period of that minimal size. Your assertion about the FBN thread is incorrect. It was set up as an educational tool and April Fool's prank concerning Y2K stocks. A news agency was not employed. I do not know 'why' or 'why not'.

To: 216SI who wrote (1543)	5/4/1999 3:45:00 AM
From: J Shill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3795

This story reminds me of the chicken before the egg story. Here I believe that the excuse of the April Fools Prank came after the fact, and we are seeing the spin doctors hard at work to CWA in the matter. It is the opinion of those that I am in contact with that the webnode 3's creditability was shot out the window in this matter. Here you have 3 people with very close ties to Silicon Investor in very severe legal troubles, and yet they attempt to laugh and joke about it. Their over inflated EGO's make them think that they are on the right side of the law. Well they had better get a grip on reality and see the facts of the matter. 1. They started a web domain with the intent to defraud the public with the press release. 2. They appear to have lied to BW to get a business account there. 3. They knowingly submitted a false (fake) press release to the wire services about US Government contracts that were false. 4. They collected by their own admission some 2000 email response from the public concerning investments into their fake company. 5. After the BW civil suit was filed NOW we have the 3 admitted posters of the release stating it was just a prank. Tell it to the Judge and Jury!