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In k i n m y v ei n s

I a m th e son of a n ewspa per m a n . My m oth er wa s th e da u g h ter of a n ewspa per m a n , wh o wa s

h i m sel f th e son of a n ewspa per m a n . Wh en I wa s y ou n g ev er y on e wh o wor ked a t th e n ewspa per
wa s a n ewspa per m a n or a n ewspa per wom a n . “ Journalist” wa s a wor d y ou di dn ’t h ea r v er y m u ch .
My Godfa th er wa s th e h ea d of th e pr i n ter s u n i on i n th e N or th ea st. I n ev er sa w m u ch of h i m , wh i ch wa s
g ood. It seem ed l i ke h e tr a v el ed ev er y wh er e wi th h i s son s, wh o wer e u n r epen ta n t bu l l i es. A t fi v e y ea r s
ol d th ey wou l d r u n u p on e si de of m e a n d down th e oth er a n d off i n to th e n ex t r oom i n sea r ch of oth er
ch i l dr en to bea t u p.

My fa th er wa s a pr essm a n . A pr i n ter , a g u y wh o fa sh i on ed a
fu n n y fou r -cor n er ed h a t ou t of n ewspa per to keep th e i n k ou t of
h i s h a i r . He wor ked si x da y s a week, som eti m es sev en for a
n ewspa per down on N ewspa per R ow i n Boston . It cou l d h a v e
been th e Re cord Ame rican. Or m a y be th e He rald Trave le r. Bu t
h e ev en tu a l l y a r r i v ed a t th e Boston Globe .

It seem ed l i ke I spen t a l ot of ti m e on N ewspa per R ow. On

Th u r sda y , wh en m y fa th er wa s pa i d h e wou l d i n si st th a t I com e
to th e pa y r oom wi th h i m wh i l e h e g ot h i s ch eck. Th en we’d be
off to see h i s fr i en ds a n d fel l ow pr essm en i n th e pr ess r oom .

Th i s wa s th e bel l y of th e bea st. Th e pr esses wer e h er e.

Ev er y th i n g wa s m eta l , ev er y su r fa ce. Th e bu i l di n g ev en h a d a
speci a l m eta l r ei n for cem en t fr a m e beca u se th e pr esses . . .

Wel l ea ch pr ess wa s twi ce a s l a r g e a s on e of th ose ou tdoor sh eds

i n th e ba cky a r ds of th e a v er a g e su bu r ba n h om e. A t l ea st i t
Not my grandpa, but the hat's the same.
seem ed l i ke th a t to a fi v e y ea r ol d. My fa th er wou l d sa y , “ Don ’t
tou ch a n y th i n g , Th er e’s i n k on ev er y su r fa ce.” So I wou l d fol d
m y a r m s i n fr on t of m e.

“ A pr ess r u n ’s g oi n g to sta r t i n ju st a few m i n u tes, “ h e’d sa y .

“ Wa n t to see i t?” I n ev er r ea l l y wa n ted to bu t I a l wa y s a g r eed. A
pr ess r u n wou l d com m en ce wi th r ed l i g h ts fl a sh i n g a wa r n i n g
si g n a l a n d th e sl ow r u m bl i n g of th e pr esses - m a y be fou r of

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th em i n a r ow - a s th ey g a i n ed speed. Soon th e en ti r e bu i l di n g
wou l d be sh a ki n g .

Th e pr esses wer e so l ou d y ou cou l d n ot spea k to th e per son n ex t

to y ou a n d h ope to be h ea r d. A t fu l l speed, I wou l d g r a b on to th e
for bi dden i n k-cov er ed r a i l i n g a s th e bu i l di n g seem ed l i ke i t
m i g h t u pr oot i tsel f u p a n d m ov e ou t i n to th e r oa d. I wou l d l ook
a t m y fa th er for h el p, bu t h e wou l d be l ooki n g a t th e pr esses. Sm i l i n g . He l ov ed h i s wor k - h i s wor k th a t
sca r ed m e to dea th .

A t h om e I’d see h i m wi th a Q ti p i n h i s ea r r em ov i n g a l l th e i n k th a t wou l d g a th er th er e ev er y sh i ft.

On ce h e ca m e h om e a t n i g h t - a t th e ti m e h e wa s wor ki n g for ei th er th e Tr a v el er or th e A m er i ca n - a n d
n ea r l y h i s en ti r e sh i r t wa s bu r n ed off. Hi s pa per h a t wa s bu r n ed. He wa s ex h a u sted, a s h e l i m ped i n to
th e ba th r oom to ta ke a sh ower . La ter I sa t i n th e l i v i n g r oom a s h e ex pl a i n ed wh a t h a ppen ed to m y
m oth er . Th e pa per h a d bu r n ed down , or m ostl y down . My fa th er wa s i n i t wh i l e i t wa s bu r n i n g , wh i l e
th e fi r em en wer e fi g h ti n g i t. Hi s con cer n a s h e ex pl a i n ed i t wa s th a t th e pr ess r u n wa sn ’t ov er . Th e
pr esses wer e sti l l r u n n i n g . “ Wh i l e th e fi r e wa s bu r n i n g ?” Wel l , y es. Bu t we h a d to wa i t u n ti l th e en d of
th e r u n , or we wou l dn ’t h a v e a s m a n y pa per s to pu t ou t th er e toda y .

El ber t Hu bba r d.

I th ou g h t h e wa s cr a zy , bu t I wa s on l y fi v e or si x a n d th a t "Editor: a person employed

wa sn ’t m y ca l l . My m oth er - th e da u g h ter of a n ewspa per by a newspaper, whose
m a n - h a d v er y l i ttl e pa ti en ce for th e n u m ber of h ou r s m y business it is to separate the
fa th er wor ked. I r em em ber si tti n g i n th e ki tch en i n th e ea r l y
wheat from the chaff, and to
m or n i n g h ou r s wa tch i n g a s sh e pr epa r ed a br ea kfa st for m y
fa th er , wh o wa s ex pected h om e a fter a l on g n i g h t of wor k a n y see that the chaff is printed."
m i n u te. Sh e pr epa r ed h i s eg g s ov er ea sy a n d h om e fr i es. - E. Hubbard.
Th ey l ooked per fect. A cu p of coffee, a g l a ss of m i l k , two
pi eces of toa st. Sh e pu t i t a l l on a tr a y wi th th e si l v er wa r e a n d th e n a pki n a n d sh e wa i ted. Bu t h e di dn ’t
a r r i v e. So sh e wa i ted som e m or e, u n ti l i t wa s obv i ou s th a t h e wa s g oi n g to be l a te a n d h i s br ea kfa st h a d
g on e col d. Th en sh e g ot u p. Li fti n g th e tr a y , sh e took i t to th e fr on t door , open ed th e door a n d du m ped th e
con ten ts of th e tr a y on th e fr on t por ch . Th en sh e wen t ba ck down to th ei r bedr oom a s th ou g h n oth i n g
h a d h a ppen ed. I n ev er m en ti on ed th i s i n ci den t to h er . Bu t I kn ew a t th a t v er y m om en t th a t m y m oth er
wa s som eon e wh o sh ou l d be ta ken ser i ou sl y .

La ter , i n m y teen s, m y fa th er si g n ed ov er to th e Boston Globe

per m a n en tl y . Th e Globe wa s m ov i n g down to a r oa d ju st off "I always wanted to be some
th e br a n d n ew Ex pr esswa y . Th e bu i l di n g wa s bea u ti fu l
kind of writer or newspaper
wh en com pa r ed to th e 19th cen tu r y fi r etr a p fr om wh i ch th ey
h a s ju st m ov ed. Th er e wa s ev en a ca feter i a on th e top fl oor . If
reporter. But after college... I
y ou l i sten ed r ea l cl osel y y ou cou l d h ea r th e pr esses did other things." - JFK.
r u m bl i n g som ewh er e i n th e bu i l di n g ’s bowel s. Bu t th i s n ew
steel -r ei n for ced bu i l di n g seem ed to h a v e r ei g n ed th em i n .

A t th i s poi n t i n m y l i fe I wa s i n ter ested i n th e n ewspa per bu si n ess. I wa s th e edi tor of m y h i g h sch ool
n ewspa per . I wa s ev en th e edi tor of a n “ u n der g r ou n d” n ewspa per wh i ch we cou l d pa ss ou t a s l on g a s we

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wer e n ot on sch ool pr oper ty . Th e Si x ti es h a d a r r i v ed.

Th ey h a d a r r i v ed a t th e Boston Globe a s wel l , wh i ch n ow h a d

a n ev en i n g edi ti on ca l l ed th e Eve ning Globe . It wa s a "I am unable to understand
won der fu l n ewspa per i f y ou wer e a y ou n g u n tr i ed r epor ter
how a man of honor could
l ooki n g for som eth i n g n ew a n d fr esh to ca tch y ou r i n ter est -
th e Boston Globe h a d i t, som eth i n g th ey ca l l ed a “ Spotl i g h t
take a newspaper in his
Tea m ,” wh i ch wa s com posed of th ei r i n v esti g a ti v e r epor ter s. hands without a shudder of
Th ei r i n v esti g a ti v e r epor ts wer e a l wa y s g r ea t. I wou l d ju st disgust."
di sca r d th e r est of th e pa per a n d g o r i g h t for th e
- Charles Baudelaire.
i n v esti g a ti v e r epor t.

In v esti g a ti v e r epor ti n g wa s ex ci ti n g , bu t i t cou l d a l so g et ou t of h a n d. A n d wh en i t di d, peopl e su ed.

Th ey su ed n ewspa per s. Th ey su ed TV ’s 60 Mi n u tes. A n d th ey won . Sl owl y bu t su r el y n ewspa per s g ot ou t
of th e bu si n ess of i n v esti g a ti on s. Th ei r l a wy er s wa r n ed th em off. Ev en wh en th ey won , th ey l ost. Th e
ex pen se wa s ju st too m u ch .

A n d th en th e com pu ter a g e beg a n a s a qu i et stor m a n d tu r n ed i n to a h u r r i ca n e of ca n cel l ed n ewspa per

su bscr i pti on s. P eopl e wer e n ot bu y i n g n ewspa per s ov er th e cou n ter i n th e sa m e n u m ber s. N ewspa per s -
l i ke th i s on e - wer e a ctu a l l y on -l i n e. Som e n ewspa per s wer e ju st g i v en a wa y for fr ee. My fa th er wou l d
n ot h a v e u n der stood th i s wor l d.

It wa s a di g i ta l wor l d, n o n eed for som e n oi sy Webb pr ess

h er e, th a n k y ou . We h a v e a pr i n ter th e si ze of a br ea dbox a n d "Advertisements contain the
a l m ost a s si l en t a n d we th i n k we’l l ju st g o wi th th a t. A l l
only truths to be relied on
r i g h t, m a y be i t’s a l i ttl e l a r g er th a n br ea d box . Bu t y ou g et
th e pi ctu r e. Som e peopl e a sked h ow th e n ewspa per s “ a l l owed”
in a newspaper."
th i s to h a ppen to th em , bel i ev i n g th a t th e n ewspa per s h a d a - T homas Jefferson.
ch oi ce. Bu t th ey di dn ’t h a v e a ch oi ce. N o m or e ch oi ce th a n
th e h or se a n d ca r t h a d ov er th e a u tom obi l e.

Som eti m es I feel ter r i bl e a bou t th a t. A l l th ose won der fu l speci a l ty wr i ter s, th ose fa n ta sti c
ph otog r a ph er s. Wh er e wi l l th ey g o? I bel i ev e th a t m a n y wi l l r eti r e, a n d th a t th e y ou n g a m on g th em
wi l l fi n d oth er wor k, pr oba bl y on -l i n e, m a y be ju st a s ex ci ti n g , m a y be ev en m or e ex ci ti n g .

It i s str a n g e to h a v e com e a l l th i s wa y . I’v e pu t n ewspa per s ou t on m i m eog r a ph m a ch i n es i n th e m i ddl e

of th e wi n ter i n th e fi el d for sev er a l pl a toon s of A r m y i n fa n tr y ou t i n th e m i ddl e of th e woods, tr a i n i n g .
I’v e stood i n bu i l di n g s n ea r l y a cen tu r y ol d a n d wa tch ed a s n ewspa per s seem ed to g r ow l i ke r i bbon
ca n dy r i g h t ou t of th e fl oor a s th e pr esses su cked ev er y n oi se bu t th ei r own ou t of th e r oom .

A n d I’v e wa tch ed th e pr i n t m edi a a s i t r eceded fr om so m a n y l i v es a n d wa s r epl a ced by th i s sm a l l box I

si t i n fr on t of n ow. It wi l l on l y ch a n g e som e m or e. A n d th en som e m or e. A n d th en som e m or e.

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mooner17 [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 1:52 pm

N i c e tr i p dow n memor y l ane b i t one pr ob l em. Cape Cod Today i s not a new spaper . N ot at al l . Thi s si te i s a
c ol l ec ti on of l ogger s espousi ng thei r opi ni ons w i th l i ttl e to no attr i b uti on or f ac t-c hec k i ng. The har d new s
that i s her e i s c ol l ec ted f r om t he r eal new s or gani zati ons. If any thi ng thi s si te i s a new s aggr egator .

A "r eal new spaper man" shoul d r eal i ze that i mmedi atel y .
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TRB [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 4:36 pm

I am af r ai d that new spaper s ar e al l headed to w hat y ou see now . Chec k out a 1 7 62 Pl y mouth Regi ster and
c ompar e i t to today 's Gl ob e. Look at any Hear st paper dur i ng t he tw enti es w i th thei r open edi tor i al i zi ng i n
al l new s stor i es. I'm not sur e y ou'r e not t he one w ho c oul d use a l esson. N ew spaper s hav e b een c hangi ng si nc e
they f i r st c ame i nt o b ei ng. A nd so has jou r nal i sm. A nd they w i l l go on c hangi ng. Li k e the l anguage i tsel f , l i k e
the tec hnol ogy , l i k e the ti mes. By t he w ay , Cape Cod Today i s a new spaper . May b e not to y ou. But that's y ou.
Ok ay , Mr . "Real N ew spaper man?"
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mooner17 [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 6:21 pm

Sur e new spaper s w i l l c hange. Ev er y t hi ng c hanges. But ob jec t i v i ty and i mpar ti al i ty must r emai n the
c or ner stones of jour nal i sm or el se i t s just ev er y Tom, Di c k & Har r y thr ow i ng out thei r opi ni ons. A nd 99% of
the ti me on t hi s si te, that's w hat happens.

N o matter how y ou t r y t o r ati onal i ze i t , t hi s i sn't a new spaper . Ev en y ou, w ho had a good sc oop l ast w eek , took
thr ee st eps b ac k w hen y ou c al l ed f or al l new spaper s to mak e i t thei r mi ssi on to shi ne the spotl i ght on Per r y .
They shoul d v et A LL c andi dates, as the ti mes di d today w i th Joe Mal one. U nl i k e y ou, w ho f oc uses sol el y on
Per r y .
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TRB [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 6:42 pm

I hav e t ak en as muc h of a l ook at Mal one as I hav e at Per r y . W hat separ ates Per r y ou t f r om the r est of the
c andi dates i s that he or i gi nal l y r an on hi s status as a f or mer c op and tol d ev er y one he'd done suc h a
w onder f ul job . Thi s w as a l i e. The c r i mes attac hed to hi s ac ti ons on the job hav e to t ak en out and ai r ed b ef or e
he gets any w her e near the U .S. Congr ess. I'v e used a l ot of attr i b uti on f or ev er y thi ng I'v e sai d ab out Per r y .
May b e i t's not as f or mal as y ou'd l i k e i t t o appear on the page, b ut y ou'r e not the edi tor thi s ti me ar ound. A nd I
di dn't tak e any st eps b ac k ask i ng other new spaper s to l ook at Per r y . The pr i nt medi a, onc e a w atc h dog,has
b een a l ap dog f or y ear s now . Ther e i s no i mpar ti al i ty i n new s. It's l i k e Chomsk y and Her mann hav e sai d; just
w or thy and unw or t hy v i c ti ms. A nd pub l i sher s dec i de w ho b el ongs i n w hi c h c ategor y . Don't hi t me w i th any
"f ai r ness" c r ap. N ew spaper s i n A mer i c a ar e not f ai r , they 'r e not i mpar ti al , they 'r e not b al anc ed. W her e di d
y ou get thi s i ndoc t r i nat i on? A nd pl ease t el l me y ou'r e not teac hi ng any of these l i es to J Sc hool students.
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TRB [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 6:46 pm

A s f or y our 99 per c ent of the mater i al on her e not b ei ng new s, b ut opi ni on. I don't k now i f y ou c an't see or
y ou c an't r ead. Or i f y ou'v e just tak en a w i l d guess. But, i n any c ase, y ou ar e mi stak en. Most of the ti me t her e's
mor e r eal "N ew s" on her e than y ou'l l f i nd i n y our av er age pr i nt new spaper .
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Dave Kent [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 7:39 pm

TRB,

I’m just f i ni shi ng a b i ogr aphy of Henr y Luc e. A c c or di ng to the author , Luc e w as the gr eatest pr opagandi st i n
U .S. hi stor y . I’l l gi v e Luc e one thi ng: He w as honest ab out i t. He dev outl y b el i ev ed that new s w i thout op i ni on
w as a c op out and sai d so. Hi s dow nf al l w as t hat he r ef used to separ ate the 2 and r eader s c oul dn’t tel l the
di f f er enc e.

Luc e w as the most dev out anti -c ommuni st that I’v e ev er r ead ab out. He r ai sed Chi ang Kai -shek to godl i k e
st atus and then l ed the r i di c ul ous “W ho l ost Chi na?” w i tc h hunt w hen he f el l . He pi l l or i ed any pol i ti c i an or
of f i c i al w ho dar ed t o do any thi ng – no matter how ti ny – that w asn’t metaphy si c al l y anti -Communi st. He
c ontr i b ut ed gr eatl y to the 50s r ed sc ar e.

The author uses t he t er m “adjec t i v i sati on” to desc r i b e Ti me’s use of w or shi pf ul adjec ti v es f or i ts her oes and
damni ng ones f or i t s enemi es. A Ti me her o w oul d “str i de” i nto a r oom w hi l e an enemy w oul d “shamb l e” i n. A
her o w oul d b e “t r i m f i gur ed” and an enemy w oul d b e “gi ml et ey ed”. I’m not ex agger ati ng.

Do y ou r ememb er Luc e & Ti me thi s w ay ?

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TRB [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 7:51 pm

I r ememb er Luc e and hi s w i f e, l i k e tw o ol d f ox es tr y i ng to adapt to a new jet set. They seemed so w eal thy ,
dr unk and c or r upt. I w as al w ay s mor e i mpr essed w i th the pub l i sher , Hear st, w ho as a c ol l ec tor w as l egend.
He c oul d al so c or r ec t gr eat stor i es, some of them ab sol ute r ub b i sh. He di dn't tak e t he new s b usi ness as
ser i ousl y as some of these new "f ai r ness, ob jec ti v i ty and i mpar ti al i ty " r ob ots do; I guess w i th hi m i t w as just
the st or y t hat matter ed. One thi ng ab out Luc e though, now that y ou menti on i t, he c hanged f or ev er the
i nt el l ec tual w ei ght peopl e gi v e to a phot ogr aph. In f ac t I thi nk i t c an b e saf el y sai d that Luc e hastened the
ar r i v al of so-c al l ed p hoto-jour nal i sm, and di sc ov er ed some of t he b est photogr apher s i n the w or l d dur i ng hi s
ti me.
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Dave Kent [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 7:59 pm

TRB,

Luc e di d muc h mor e than hasten photo-jour nal i sm. He and hi s par tner Hadden, w ho di ed y oung, c r eated the
N ew s Magazi ne. W hen they f ounded Ti me i n 1 923 ther e w er e no w eek l i es and the b usi ness model of
summar zi ng the new s usi ng the dai l y new spaper s f or sour c e mater i al w as b r and new , c ontr ov er si al , and i n
no w ay sur e of b ei ng suc c essf ul . Peopl e sai d: "W hy w oul d I w ai t a w eek f or the new s w hen I c an get i t eac h
day ". The name "Ti me" c ame f r om the i dea that peopl e di dn't hav e the ti me to stay i nf or med b y r eadi ng the
paper s dai l y .

So, al l of today 's N ew s Magazi nes ow e Luc e f or i nv enti ng thei r medi um.
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TRB [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 8:07 pm

That w oul d b e tr ue, ex c ept I thi nk he w as b eaten b y Har per s W eek l y , w hi c h mi ght hav e pr ec eded hi s mag b y
a f ew dec ades or so. Har per s sti l l w as not muc h of a new s mag i n the tr ue sense of the w or d. It tended to
i nc l ude a l ot of edi t or i al s and shor t st or i es and i l l ustr ati ons. Despi te al l that, I thi nk y our r i ght that Luc e
c r eated the f i r st r eal new s mag.
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Dave Kent [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 8:17 pm

TRB,

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A c c or di ng to my aut hor , Luc e ac taul l y c r eated the f i r st N ew s/Opi ni on = pr opaganda magazi ne.

I'v e or der ed a b ook f r om t he l i b r ar y on Hear st nex t.

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possee [Member] writes: 08/15/10 @ 9:24 pm

Zei tgei st
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snarl [Member] writes: 08/16/10 @ 9:01 am

FW IW , the TRB c ol umn w as named b y the f i r st edi tor of the N ew Repub l i c , and ex i sted b ef or e and af ter
Ri c har d Lee St r oud's l ong tenur e. (Mi k e Ki nsl ey took i t ov er f or a w hi l e.) He thought up the name under
deadl i ne pr essur e w hi l e r i di ng i nto Manahattan on the l ong-si nc e-v ani shed Br ook l y n Rapi d Tr ansi t tr ai n,
the BRT -- and he w r ote dow n 'TRB' i n sheer desper ati on.
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sandyshoes [Member] writes: 08/16/10 @ 10:32 am

I c onti nue to b e ab sol utel y f ac i nat ed w i t h the suppor ter s of Rep. Per r y gi v en the v ol ume of suppor ted f ac ts
w hi c h hav e b een v er i f i ed b y sev er al di f f er ent sour c es. It has b een my ex per i enc e thr u l i f e that i nf or mati on
suc h as thi s i s i n f ac t "ev i denc e" and pr oof f or mak i ng an ar gu ment. The b anter ab out suppor ti ng pr ev i ousl y
c onv i c ted and ac c used el ec t ed of f i c i al s f r om Democ r at or Rep ub l i c an par ti es i s ju st b ul l x x x x . I don't
c ontr i b ut e to thi s b l og too of ten b ut I w r i t e w hat I honestl y b el i ev e, not BS to b e c onsi der ed an ex tr emi st.
OOYYHH !
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coyrat [Member] writes: 08/16/10 @ 11:13 am

Sandy ,
"gi v en the v ol ume of suppor ted f ac ts w hi c h hav e b een v er i f i ed b y sev er al di f f er ent sour c es."
Can w e get a c oupl e of ex ampl es of these f ac ts?
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TRB [Member] writes: 08/16/10 @ 2:33 pm

snar l : Thank s f or the hi st or y . I just had the name gi v en to me b y an edi tor . I l i k e y our name.
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