-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! Dear Brigade, Latest Drudge Report on VNS - fyi - Linda --------- From: Tricia Wardino XXXXX To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Voter News Service Threatens Unsanctioned Exit Poll Reporting Date sent: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:49:41 -0500 XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MARCH 06 2000 22:25:32 ET XXXXX NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE WARNED NOT TO POST SUPER TUESDAY EXIT POLLS VOTER NEWS SERVICE has legally threatened NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE not to report exit polling numbers like they did last Tuesday, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Late Monday afternoon, the conservative online journal received a threatening letter demanding that they cease posting exit data before polls close on election day. NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE has not decided whether or not they are going to post Super Tuesday's results yet. VNS is a service provided by the Associated Press, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox which provides key election day voting data to subscribers in media and political circles. "We're weighing our options. We think we're right in principle. But any lawyer who can chase Microsoft's flagship magazine from the battlefield has to be taken seriously," said NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE editor Jonah Goldberg late Monday evening. SLATE.COM received a similar warning from VNS after posting early results of the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. SLATE.COM columnist Jack Shafer recently defended the art of releasing numbers early: "I'm not releasing the exit polls as an act of journalistic delinquency, but because I'm in business to disseminate information, not to withhold it because somebody might use it 'incorrectly' by staying home and not voting because their candidate has lost (or won). "Information wants to move. If my friends, enemies, and acquaintances in the media continue to feed me the exit poll numbers during this campaign, I'll continue to post the numbers here in real time." SLATE.COM'S editors have chosen not to post these numbers since South Carolina, complying with the VOTER NEWS SERVICE request. Developing... ------------- end ------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T H E I N T E R N E T B R I G A D E Linda Muller - WebMaster Post Office Box 650266, Potomac Falls, Virginia 20165 Email: http://www.buchanan.org/form-contact.html Web: http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have You O F F I C I A L L Y E N L I S T E D Yet? http://www.buchanan.org/form-enlistment.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The One and Only B R I G A D E Email List! To Subscribe or Unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the Message: SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Brigade, Latest Drudge Report on VNS - fyi - Linda --------- From: Tricia Wardino XXXXX To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Voter News Service Threatens Unsanctioned Exit Poll Reporting Date sent: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:49:41 -0500 XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MARCH 06 2000 22:25:32 ET XXXXX NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE WARNED NOT TO POST SUPER TUESDAY EXIT POLLS VOTER NEWS SERVICE has legally threatened NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE not to report exit polling numbers like they did last Tuesday, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Late Monday afternoon, the conservative online journal received a threatening letter demanding that they cease posting exit data before polls close on election day. NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE has not decided whether or not they are going to post Super Tuesday's results yet. VNS is a service provided by the Associated Press, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox which provides key election day voting data to subscribers in media and political circles. "We're weighing our options. We think we're right in principle. But any lawyer who can chase Microsoft's flagship magazine from the battlefield has to be taken seriously," said NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE editor Jonah Goldberg late Monday evening. SLATE.COM received a similar warning from VNS after posting early results of the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. SLATE.COM columnist Jack Shafer recently defended the art of releasing numbers early: "I'm not releasing the exit polls as an act of journalistic delinquency, but because I'm in business to disseminate information, not to withhold it because somebody might use it 'incorrectly' by staying home and not voting because their candidate has lost (or won). "Information wants to move. If my friends, enemies, and acquaintances in the media continue to feed me the exit poll numbers during this campaign, I'll continue to post the numbers here in real time." SLATE.COM'S editors have chosen not to post these numbers since South Carolina, complying with the VOTER NEWS SERVICE request. Developing... ------------- end ------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T H E I N T E R N E T B R I G A D E Linda Muller - WebMaster Post Office Box 650266, Potomac Falls, Virginia 20165 Email: http://www.buchanan.org/form-contact.html Web: http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have You O F F I C I A L L Y E N L I S T E D Yet? http://www.buchanan.org/form-enlistment.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The One and Only B R I G A D E Email List! 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