AT&T Wireless hit with Billing Fraud Lawsuit.

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Robert M. - 12 Feb 2004 22:54 GMT

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040212/lath076_1.html

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Bruce - 13 Feb 2004 00:51 GMT

I notice that is not any type of news article, rather a press release from
the lawyer's own office.

Bruce

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040212/lath076_1.html

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Robert M. - 13 Feb 2004 01:00 GMT

> I notice that is not any type of news article, rather a press release from
> the lawyer's own office.

If you check you'll find all too many "news articles" are in fact mostly
cut and paste jobs from Press Releases.

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Bruce Markowitz - 13 Feb 2004 01:29 GMT

And where exactly would you expect news of the filing of a lawsuit to
come from?
The Courts don't issue press releases about filings.

>I notice that is not any type of news article, rather a press release from
>the lawyer's own office.
>
>Bruce
>
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040212/lath076_1.html

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Bruce - 13 Feb 2004 08:01 GMT

All reputable news agencencies have people that do nothing but monitor
public records for law suits, arrests, bankruptcies, etc.. Anything that
would be of interest to their clientele.

Bruce

> And where exactly would you expect news of the filing of a lawsuit to
> come from?
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> >
> >> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040212/lath076_1.html

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Robert M. - 13 Feb 2004 12:22 GMT

> All reputable news agencencies have people that do nothing but monitor
> public records for law suits, arrests, bankruptcies, etc.. Anything that
> would be of interest to their clientele.
>
> Bruce

All columnists get mass quantities of News releases daily. Often when
rusehd, a column or story will be nothing but a cut and paste of a press
release; and sometimes not even a current one.

There's nothing wrong with a Press Release as long as you take into
account the bias off whose Press Release it is.

i.e. If AT&T has a press release saying they now have Number Porting
under control, you know they're lying.

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Bruce - 13 Feb 2004 12:40 GMT

I agree there is nothing wrong with issuing a press release. What I meant
to bring up was that this release was nothing more than one party expressing
their opinion on a subject, not the result of any type of journalist inquiry
to validate facts.

Bruce

> > All reputable news agencencies have people that do nothing but monitor
> > public records for law suits, arrests, bankruptcies, etc.. Anything that
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> i.e. If AT&T has a press release saying they now have Number Porting
> under control, you know they're lying.

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