FCC Regulation (fwd)
Brian Lane
blane at squeaky.free.org
Sat Aug 27 09:26:24 PDT 1994
On Sat, 27 Aug 1994, Hal wrote:
> Jason W Solinsky <solman at MIT.EDU> writes:
> >Its scary, that having read just the first half of it, I could believe
> >it to be true. Or maybe it merely proves that my mind is mush.
>
> It fooled me for the first few paragraphs, too. It's traditional in these
> spoofs to have some "tipoff", a strange date or name, at the top, but I
> didn't notice anything like that. I think it's a bit unethical to send
> this kind of thing out; someone who just skimmed the first part may come
> away with entirely the wrong impression.
It sure was well written. Sounded just like a press release/story. I
was starting to get a little pissed until I hit the paragrpah about licenses.
>
> (It was an entertaining spoof, no question, I just wish they had taken a
> little more care to avoid misleading people.)
I suppose that for the next five years the net is going to be
overflowing with reposts and requests to call your congressman.
Brian
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