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- From: cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu (Carl Edman)
- Subject: Re: Media Bias? YOU Decide. Resumes Tell All
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.162617.8524@Princeton.EDU>
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- Reply-To: cedman@princeton.edu (Carl Edman)
- Organization: Princeton University
- References: <1992Nov21.061953.23085@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:26:17 GMT
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- Chuck Lavazzi writes:
- > Sorry, can't let this one pass. The *fact* is that Quayle
- > claimed that Gore had called on the USA to spend $100
- > million on environmental cleanups, which was an
- > outright lie. Gore's book suggests that the amount
- > necessary would be on the order of what was spent on the
- > Marshall Plan after WW II, which would have been about
- > $100 million in contemporary dollars. He goes on to say
- > that the USA could not possibly pay for all that alone and,
- > in *fact*, calls for a consortium of nations to foot the
- > bill.
-
- Sorry, can't let that one pass. The word is _BILLION_, not _MILLION_. That is a
- difference by a factor of a thousand. And before you dismiss this point as
- nitpicking, please remember that your error is the equivalent of claiming that
- George Bush stands six times taller than the empire state building or that in
- his presidency the economy doubled in size every other week.
-
- Carl Edman
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