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Re: A Rumor and Reputation Paradox...
Robert Hettinga wrote:
>
> Here's something from cyberia which talks about the persistence of
> anti-reputation memes even in the presence of perfectly contradictory
> information.
> Subject: Re: America Online and liability... the Horror
> To: [email protected]
>
> In essence, the
> article documents a number of vicious rumours which have been spread on the
> internet about the clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger and allegedly racist
> comments that he made on the Ophrah Winfrey show.
>
> Not withstanding the fact that 1) Mr. Hilfiger never appeared on the
> Winfrey show and never made the statements in question, and 2) Hilfiger Co.
> has engaged in an online P.R. campaign to counter these rumours, they are
> persistent and widespread.
I heard that the Hifiger's comments were actually made on the eca$h
list, which regularly contains posts suggesting euthenasia for the
elderly and the disabled.
Of course, my source was posting from whitehouse.gov...
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