National Enquirer piece...

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How To Outwit Those Millennium Con Men

This is really the only line worth noting:

"And all personal computers purchased after 1995 are Y2K compliant, according to (Beverly) Baskin of the Better Business Bureau..."

Oh, and this:

"Got questions about the Y2K problem? Call the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion hotline at 1-888-USA-4Y2K. To help consumers avoid Y2K scams, Washington also has a special Web site: www.y2k.gov"

(Well, I guess that's about the extent of information that about 20 million Americans will get on this issue!)

-- pshannon (pshannon@inch.com), June 22, 1999

Answers

This is why I only read the "Weekly World News".

-- Peter Harlan (pharlan@efn.org), June 22, 1999.

Too bad most of America doesn't.

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), June 22, 1999.

This kind of disinformation is tatamount to criminal negligance.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), June 23, 1999.

Okay, let's all do our part! The Enqurer has a Hot Tip email address:

letters@nationalenquirer.com

From their website:

Got a Hot News Tip?

The NATIONAL ENQUIRER pays up to $500 for story ideas -- and more for hot tips about celebrities. Just summarize your story proposal in a brief email. You could make big bucks! When submitting photos, please do not submit phony photos from the internet.

-- Zach Anderson (z@figure.8m.com), June 23, 1999.


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