On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Hint: This isn't the style AP uses.
I actually went to the ap.org site to see if I could verify before forwarding, but was unsuccessful: as near as I can tell, the general public doesn't get in, only their subscribers. As for failing to know their format: totally guilty as charged. That's why I was *trying* to give it at least a cursory authentication <sigh>.
The biggest problem would-be hoaxers have is crafting articles in the appropriate style -- very, very few can pull it off.
-Declan
-- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------