Jeff Fairman wrote:
> The "I invented the Internet" quote is on tape and cannot be explained
> away!!! That is not to say the other's are untrue, but lets stick with
the
> facts...
>From snopes.com, an invaluable source for researching netlore and urban
legends...
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/gorelies.htm
"Although Gore's statement about his having helped foster the creation of
the Internet might be exaggerated, he never claimed to have "invented" the
Internet -- that claim is a the result of a persistent (and often willful)
misreporting by the media of something he said during a CNN interview, a
topic covered in more detail in our Questionable Quotes section. "
And:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.htm
Claim: Vice-President Al Gore claimed that he "invented" the Internet.
Status: False.
Origins: No, Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he
say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The derisive "Al
Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs are misleading distortions
of something he said (taken out of context) during an interview with Wolf
Blitzer on CNN's "Late Edition" program on 9 March 1999. When asked to
describe what distinguished him from his challenger for the Democratic
presidential nomination, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Gore replied
(in part):
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in
creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range
of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic
growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
"
This from salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/05/gore_internet/index.html
"Several of the people who could claim to have "invented" the Internet, or
key pieces of its protocols -- in particular, Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn --
are out there on the Net today defending Gore, asserting that he was the
politician in Washington who took the "initiative" to support the Net in its
early days."
Can we please put this urban legend to rest, now? You want to target some
of Gore's other claims, go ahead, but I'm tired of hearing about this one.
Adam Lipscomb
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