Maybe there is an object lesson here for us as librarians. I would encourage a healthy dose of skepticism to any "friend of a friend" messages. I try to make a point of fact- checking these sorts of items, especially when it is something I agree with. I believe in the old saw, when it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Many times, you quickly discover that the real person who is supposed to be the source of this information doesn't exist. You notice that the name is spelled wrong, that the organization they are supposed to belong to and the venue where the event took place don't exist. It's worth double checking. I often start with the rumor-checking site, snopes.com. In this case I couldn't find anything mentioning this particular email. Searching Google, I did find one blog site that noticed several different versions of Kilkenny email in circulation, suggesting that it may have been a planted item but in play by someone else.
On the other hand, I found an article in the NYTimes about Palin's record as mayor and governor which mentions Anne Kilkenny as a source and describes some of the events quoted in this email. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03wasilla.html?hp While a bit calmer than the email message, it still paints a devastating picture of what kind of person, politician and administrator Sarah Palin really is. And this from the NYT, not a friend of a friend. -- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
