-Caveat Lector- <http://www.inq7.net/ent/2001/jul/03/ent_1-1.htm> Radio talk show host Art Bell not behind insulting e-mail Posted: 8:09 PM (Manila Time) | July 02, 2001 page 1 of 1 NEVADA-BASED radio talk show host Art Bell is in no way connected to a ³malicious and vile e-mail² that insults Filipinos and that has been attributed to him. ³The charge that Mr. Bell wrote the e-mail is a estatement of fact,² Bell¹s legal counsel Gerard Fox said in a letter faxed to the INQUIRER from Los Angeles. ³This statement is false. Even a cursory glance at Mr. Bell¹s website or an inquiry sent to Mr. Bell or his representatives would have established the e-mail was a fraudulent Internet posting not written by Art Bell.² We did not check out Bell¹s website when we received the e-mail forwarded by Alejandro. When we finally did look at http://www.artbell.com/filipino.html, it turned out Bell had printed his denial there more than two years ago. The INQUIRER apologizes for its failure to investigate the source of the e-mail. It regrets the error. Fox said a person impersonating Bell wrote the e-mail in December 1998. Meanwhile, Channel News Asia newscaster Jennifer Alejandro, who is based in Singapore, forwarded the e-mail to the INQUIRER. It was the subject of this column last Sunday, July 1. The e-mail contained offensive statements about Filipinos like, ³Nothing good has ever come from Philippines and I don¹t believe anything good ever will,² it said. ³Your country is a disgusting and filthy place. ³That¹s all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means.² Fox wrote: ³These statements are extremely provocative and likely to incite violence against their author. Mr. Bell is now concerned about his own safety and the safety of his family. To publish such statements without the most exhaustive investigation is unspeakably irresponsible on both a journalistic and a human level.² Filipinos from as far as Florida and Norway sent e-mail messages to the INQUIRER, some hating Bell while others were pointing out the message was fake. Fox said ³Mr. Bell has received a barrage of hate-mail, including numerous threats of violence and death. To protect his reputation and the safety of his family, Mr. Bell has gone out of his way to inform people he was in no way connected to this malicious and vile e-mail.² We also got a letter from Keith Rowland, system administrator of Bell¹s web site www.artbell.com, who said the e-mail message did not originate from their mail server. ³Back in December 1998, there were some racist posting made in several news groups on the Internet by a person/s impersonating Art Bell,² Rowland wrote. ³They have used the ID of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ³The letters that show artbel-irc.com as the website are also fake and have not been written nor sent by Art Bell. Please review all the headers of all messages that you have received and send your complaints to that domain¹s sysop. The messages are originating at ucsd.edu (University of California in San Diego) and the fake Ofrom¹ address was simply typed in. ³It is absurd to think that a public figure and professional radio host would make such a posting,² Rowland wrote. Inquirer News Service ======================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh,, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ======================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
