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Re: Stating the obvious [or "HOME OF THE FREE: ARNETT JOINS MIRROR"]
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Date: 
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:51:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:


Poor Mr Arnett; sacked for sating the obvious one day: • <snip>
… and hired by a UK [“anit-war”] tabloid the next: • <snip>
...we live in strange times.

Yup.  April 1st, is strange times indeed.

I might be wrong, this has an impressive scope for an April Fool's joke, but
anything I see this morning gets a couple extra runs through the skeptisism
filter.

"I've always admired your paper" That's gotta be a newspaper quote because I
doubt he could say it with a straight face...

James



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  Stating the obvious [or "HOME OF THE FREE: ARNETT JOINS MIRROR"]
 
Poor Mr Arnett; sacked for sating the obvious one day: Veteran reporter sacked over TV claims (URL) national TV network, NBC, fired Arnett after he granted an impromptu interview to Iraq's state-run television, during which he echoed widespread (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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