[Foundation-l] Statement to the Associated Press

effe iets anders effeietsanders at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 10:51:48 UTC 2008


If AP follows normal press procedures, they will ask Jimmy for comment
anyway if they are going to publish, no need to contact them.

BR, Eia

2008/3/10, Alex <mrzmanwiki op gmail.com>:
>
> Ray Saintonge wrote:
> > Alex wrote:
> >> Jimmy Wales wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thomas Dalton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 09/03/2008, Jimmy Wales <jwales op wikia.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I encourage anyone who is tempted to believe this story to consider
> the
> >>>>>  source.
> >>>>>
> >>>> If it's nonsense, could you explicitly say so? Then we can forget
> about it.
> >>>>
> >>> It's nonsense.
> >>>
> >> And I assume you sent something to this regard (hopefully more
> >> substantial) to the AP as well?
> >>
> > That wouldn't be a wise idea.  You don't maintain the high ground by
> > getting into the gutter and flinging the same kind of mud, especially
> > not if AP doesn't do anything with the material they have recived from
> > Merkey. I'm sure they get complaints of this sort just as much as OTRS
> > gets them from and about other people.
> >
> > Ec
> >
>
>
> According to Merkey's original email, the AP asked him for information.
> We should assume that they plan to use it, in some form or another and
> that they do not not know how (un)reliable he may be as a source.
>
>
> --
> Alex (w:en:User:Mr.Z-man)
>
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