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On Fri, 7 Jul 1995, Kristine Loosley wrote:

> I just read in the July 10 edition of (of all places) People magazine that 
> charges have been dropped against  the young man from the University of 
> Michigan who was accused of harassing a woman by posting about his fantasies 
> of her to a usenet group.
(snip)
> This group discussed the young man's arrest and what it means ... but I've 
> seen nothing discussing the reversal.
(snip)
> This seems to be another case of the scandal making front page news while 
> the dismissal is relegated to the back pages. And it's unfortunate.

I saw lengthy versions from the Detroit Free Press (Knight-Ridder News
Service), the Detroit News (Gannett News Service), AP and Reuters. The
Detroit News had a long interview with Baker the next day, which AP picked
up. We ran a lengthy story in our A Section. IMO the dismissal of charges
was very well covered.

Ivan Weiss
Seattle Times
iwei-new@seatimes.com
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