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Re: What a bunch of knobs! (Oscars)
Posted By: Jimmy, on host 206.229.91.132
Date: Friday, March 24, 2000, at 15:38:25
In Reply To: What a bunch of knobs! (Oscars) posted by Faux Pas on Friday, March 24, 2000, at 13:18:26:

> So, knowing that the WSJ is doing this, I've tried to ignore it -- just not look at the Journal on Friday and I won't know who's going to win. Simple plan, right? Well CNN.com decided to report on this -- but instead of reporting that the WSJ has an exit poll, they're reporting what the WSJ found.
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> Right there, on CNN's page: "WSJ Poll: Oscar goes to '****'". Of course, they printed the name of the movie.
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> Man, I hate that.
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> -Faux "I would've expected USA Today to do something like this, but the Wall Street Journal?" Pas

The Internet Movie Database did the same thing. Very disappointing. :(

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