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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Contempt prior to Investigation
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[Line Eaten by Giant Program!]

> Where is the evidence-- and I mean EVIDENCE, not anecdotal reports
> appearing in The National Enquirer-- that these so-called phenomena
> even exist?

I think you are being too lenient towards the Enquirer, considering
how the Enquirer is edited.  If the Enquirer prints that grass is
green, it's a lie!  In fact, everything in the Enquirer is a lie,
even if it's true.  The Enquirer's business is to entertain, and not
at all to inform.  (The "legitimate" newspapers manage to accomodate
both functions, albeit unequally.)

It's a wry commentary on the nature of literacy that _most_ of the
reading done in the world is for entertainment.


	"How do you keep a moron in suspense?"
	"I don't know, how?"
	"I'll tell you tomorrow, in our NEXT thrilling episode."
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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