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re: "Very Famous Reporter"

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NODE a499a8fdre: "Very Famous Reporter"
>From a message by Robert Hettinga:

>> I was talking to someone who was talking to someone (have I said this is a
>> rumor yet?) who was solicited for comment by a Very Famous Reporter ...

At a lecture about his recent book, John Markoff, the New York Times'
Silicon Valley reporter, said (and I quote from memory):

"The most dangerous animal on earth is a reporter on deadline."

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com
NODE d441ee24re: "Very Famous Reporter"
At 1:22 AM  -0400 5/21/96, Martin Minow wrote:
> At a lecture about his recent book, John Markoff, the New York Times'
> Silicon Valley reporter, said (and I quote from memory):
>
> "The most dangerous animal on earth is a reporter on deadline."

Oh, the irony of that remark...

In the meantime, it appears that I have egg on my face, as no story has
emerged...

By the way, did I say it was a rumor? ;-).

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga


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