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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: "only 3 doctors ... perform third trimester abortions" is unsupported
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.171256.4802@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Aug31.020408.40457@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:12:56 GMT
- Lines: 53
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- In article <1992Aug31.020408.40457@watson.ibm.com>
- margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
-
- >dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
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- >>>dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >>>> The transcript does not mention the source of Stahl's claim
- >>>> about the "three doctors". I may write to 60 Minutes to ask
- >>>> them for a source. It doesn't appear that Mr. Margolis is
- >>>> willing to track down the source.
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- >>> That's right - I'm not. As far as I know, it's true.
-
- >> In other words, you're unable to admit that you were wrong
- >> when you stated that 60 Minutes supported your claims,
- >> and now you've fallen back on ``truth by blatant assertion''
- >> to support your claims.
-
- > I didn't even see 60 Minutes. You asked for a source, and you had just
- > quoted someone (Steve Arnold, I believe) stating they saw it on 60 Minutes,
- > so I pointed out that you appeared rather foolish. I got the information
- > off the net long ago.
-
- Are you willing to admit that 60 Minutes does not support your claims?
-
- > I note that you deleted the following, as you have every time you've
- > been challenged.
-
- I'm just trying to delete extraneous material.
-
- > I guess you are just unwilling to admit that the
- > facts show your scare tactics to be a lie.
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- Your claims would be facts only if you could present a verifiable
- source for them. You haven't done that. 60 Minutes does not
- support your claims.
-
- > If you can list more doctors that perform third tri abortions, or you can
- > document for me cases of women getting third-trimester abortions for
- > "frivolous" reasons, I would of course change my tune. Unlike some, I
- > don't knowingly pass on lies.
-
- But you can't seem to admit that 60 Minutes doesn't support
- your claims.
-
- >Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
-
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- Doug Holtsinger
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