RE: Press coverage favors big companies, earlier speakers

[Charles Behney <charlesaugust@theriver.com>]

Now, if it had been McDonald's instead of Morton's, and everyone got
both a copy of WIN 98 and a happy meal, then I might have believed your
satire was real. Swapping jokes about Janet Reno happens from the DOJ to
the halls of Congress. No satire there. Any McSoft lobbyists could then
co-promote the tab, trading the Happy Meal for the true value of a WIN
98 CD-Rom. (which roughly equals the cost of a hamburger).

We know Bill G eats only at McDonalds in Moscow, so we could surmise
that his favorite DC watering hole would be the McDonalds' nearest the
Smithsonian.

Did you know that when Janet Reno reboots her computer, that she
sometimes sprains her ankle?

CAB

> Not at all.
>
> >From the time mankind invented the word, to the writing of Shakespeare, to
> the wit of Tom Sharpe, we've managed to communicate quite effectively
> without :) $-% #=& !@#=** and so on. I admit it may require more skill on
> the part of the reader, but that's a risk I'm willing to take.
>
> -Declan
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Crist, MA wrote:
>
> > Oh come on, now you're being obtuse.  I do not know you personally, have
> > never heard you speak, nor seen you use emoticons or any other "trait"
> > revealers in any of your postings.  A sociologist would say that some,
> > if not all of the above would be a prerequisite to determining whether a
> > person was given to sarcasm or not.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:declan@pathfinder.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 1998 11:49 AM
> > To: Crist, MA
> > Cc: Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO
> > Subject: RE: Press coverage favors big companies, earlier speakers
> >
> >
> > I've been on the Net for ten years, and generally despise "emoticons."
> >
> > If you can't recognize sarcasm, ain't my fault.
> >
> > -Declan
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Crist, MA wrote:
> >
> > > Most net-savvy people indicate humor with something like a "(grin)" or
> > > emoticon ":-)".  In your case, are you just not net-savvy, or were you
> > > actually giving up a glimpse of a hidden agenda?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:declan@PATHFINDER.COM]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 1998 10:20 AM
> > > To: Crist, MA
> > > Cc: Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO
> > > Subject: RE: Press coverage favors big companies, earlier speakers
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey, that's not right!
> > >
> > > The trade press was there too. But we don't like 'em as much and made
> > > 'em
> > > sit at another table and threw spitballs at them.
> > >
> > > -Declan
> > >
> > > PS: None of this happened, for you humor-impaired folks in the
> > audience;
> > >
> > > journalists have deadlines and rush to file stories after hearings;
> > I've
> > > only been at Morton's once and that was when a colleague at TIME took
> > me
> > > there.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Crist, MA wrote:
> > >
> > > > So, the mainstream press is for sale after all.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:declan@PATHFINDER.COM]
> > > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 1998 9:52 AM
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO
> > > > Subject: Re: Press coverage favors big companies, earlier speakers
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Brett Glass wrote:
> > > > > I don't know if the press decided they wanted to go to lunch, or
> > > > ignored
> > > >
> > > > We all headed out to a $120-a-person lunch at Morton's on K Street,
> > > > where
> > > > Microsoft's top lobbyist picked up the tab and we spent most of the
> > > time
> > > > swapping jokes about Janet Reno. How'd ya guess?
> > > >
> > > > -Declan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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