Re: An interesting instance of poltical anonymnity, now revealed

At 11:09 PM 7/17/96 EDT, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
>	I find the CBS News response unfortunate. There's also the simple
>question on lying to maintain the identity: what's so bad about lying? Why
>he revealed himself is somewhat of lesson also.
>	-Allen
>
>   _ Wednesday July 17 9:12 PM EDT _
>   
>'Primary Colors' Author Steps Forward
>
>   NEW YORK (Reuter) - One of the best kept secrets in political,
>   journalistic and publishing circles was revealed Wednesday when
>   Newsweek journalist Joe Klein admitted he was ''Anonymous'', the
>   mysterious author of a novel based on President Clinton's 1992
>   presidential campaign.


If they really wanted to know who did it, why didn't they do a word analysis 
of the book, and compare it to known writers?

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com

jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com> writes:
> >
> >   NEW YORK (Reuter) - One of the best kept secrets in political,
> >   journalistic and publishing circles was revealed Wednesday when
> >   Newsweek journalist Joe Klein admitted he was ''Anonymous'', the
> >   mysterious author of a novel based on President Clinton's 1992
> >   presidential campaign.
>
> If they really wanted to know who did it, why didn't they do a word analysis
> of the book, and compare it to known writers?

Someone did in fact.  There was a long article in _New York magazine a few
months ago, whose author did computer analysis of Klein's writings and the
novel and showed them to match. You may be able to find it in a library.

Don't feel sorry for Klein - he's a fucking statist who opposes freedom of
speech. If CBS fires the creep for lying, it'll serve him just right.

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