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Originally Posted by taustin
Which just doesn't seem likely for something covered by the NYT. It wasn't an obscure event. It got mainstream press coverage.
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However unlikely it may seem to you, the only people I know that know about this having happened know about it from me. It may be that they heard about it when it happened, but we as a society tend to have the attention span of a gnat for anything which doesn't directly affect us. Since it happened a few years ago before e-readers were mainstream, not many people paid attention to it...therefore, to most people, it really
wasan obscure event. What news stories do you remember from back then? Do you remember the HUGE corruption bust of politicians that happened? If you don't, you should...it was a pretty big deal, and changed the face and political future of at least one state, and maybe more. Can you name any of the politicians involved (off the top of your head...no fair using google).
My point is...just because something was in the New York Times 3 years ago doesn't mean that people remember it today.
Shari
Edit--I didn't see murraypaul's post before I hit submit...sorry.