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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: "only 3 doctors ... perform third trimester abortions" is unsupported
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.210212.5803@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:02:12 GMT
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- In <1992Aug31.171256.4802@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug31.020408.40457@watson.ibm.com>
- > margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >
- > >dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >
- > >>>dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >>>> 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.
- >
- > >>> 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?
-
- No. If they said that there were only X number of doctors who specialized
- in heart transplants, I wouldn't assume that there were a number of
- additional doctors who specialized in, say, podiatry, but performed an
- occasional heart transplant on the side.
-
- > > I note that you deleted the following, as you have every time you've
- > > been challenged.
- >
- > I'm just trying to delete extraneous material.
- >
- > > 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.
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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