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Re: Michael Moore sued for lying?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:07:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> This appeared the other day somewhere else (Los Angeles Times?). The really
> big difference was that they were reported as asking for $1 (note the
> significant lack of the word "million") in compensation for damages (a token
> amount so that they can claim that they were correct and got satisfaction
> from Moore).
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> So, anyone else know if it is $1 or $1,000,000?
This link (which I got to via: http://www.pantagraph.com/ which I got to via a
google search for Pantagraph and Moore ) would tell you, I bet.
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BL&p_theme=bl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_text_search-0=michael%20Moore
then the first article down
However it's wasn't worth 2.95 to *me* to find out. Perhaps it is to someone
else.
However again, my curiosity was piqued, so I used the headline itself as the
search string on Google instead of just Pantagraph and Moore, and got this
http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/073004/new_20040730034.shtml
One measly dollar. Not one MEEEElion dollars.
That'll be 2.95 please. :-) (let us agree not to address the question of whether
the Pantograph is getting good value from a service that charges people to read
articles they can find themselves if they're halfway diligent)
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