From bb207@scn.org Mon Sep 28 20:44:58 1998 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id UAA09330 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:44:57 -0700 Received: from scn4.scn.org (scn4.scn.org [209.63.95.149]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id UAA03010 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:44:56 -0700 Received: from scn.org (bb207@scn [209.63.95.146]) by scn4.scn.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA16255 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:48:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bb207@localhost) by scn.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id UAA12200; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199809290352.UAA12200@scn.org> From: bb207@scn.org (SCN User) To: mediawatch@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Fw: Hypocrite of the Century? Reply-To: bb207@scn.org Saw an Erik Lacitis (and let me take this opportunity to say how much I loathe him) column in the Times today stating the supposed Kenneth Starr 60 Minutes quote was bogus. Lacitis doesn't get high marks on my credibility chart, but he *was* quoting the 60 Minutes publicist. Who was harried because it spread across the Net so fast, people are going to be calling for confirmation for the rest of his life. What does this have to do with the recent study on the Internet and depression (which was funded by Microsoft, among others)? Well, if the Net causes depression (which this study doesn't even approach proving, if you look at it at all), and is only fit for commercial purposes, runaway grassroots info distribution like this can't happen. And I'm sure a lot of people would prefer it that way. BTW, it may not have been today's paper. I was wrapping garbage in it at the time, and the date was already crumpled up. I suppose we'll never know who encapsulated the disgust of so many into such a well-targeted parody. Too bad. Seems like some kind of award is due, doesn't it? Morgan -- "When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." --Dom Helda Camera, Brazilian Catholic Bishop .