I thought this morning couldn't get any better.
I started off by opening up my email and reading that wonderful scorcher of a letter (see the comments to the last Mad posting) that Tinamama sent to our friends at Truth Publishing. This beauty was so red-hot that I was glad I always keep a bottle of water at my side, since I was required to periodically douse the flames that kept bursting from her furious posting.
With friends like this, who needs coffee? Or even chocolate?
It was just a great way to start the morning.
And then it got better.
Jean in Chico (CA -- I assume; I know we HAVE a Chico, and I'm just guessing she's from that one) then alerted me to the fact that NaturalNews has actually retracted the article in its entirety.
"The awful headline is there," she pointed out; but the text is gone.
I (virtually) ran over to the NaturalNews page in question. Sure enough, all that I could see was this lovely little paragraph:
"(NaturalNews) This article has been retracted. It was published after the events it documented had already been resolved. NaturalNews regrets the error in the late publication date of the original story."
WOOHOO!
I've been watching a lot of Buffy as I work on the mailing, and this line came to mind just in terms of how we, the mighty and righteous homeschooling parents, brought about justice in this little corner of our world:
"Good thing we're hot chicks with super powers."
P.S. Truth Publishing did get back to me on this one, later in the morning. They even signed a name. Here's what they said:
Hello,
Thank you. We are aware of the inaccuracies in the article and will be posting an accurate one shortly.
Lacey
I have a soft spot for lasses named Lacey, plus she was the only one from the whole company who's had the courage to actually sign her name when she got back to me; so I either won't reply or I'll go easy on her.
I'm interested to see if that new article materializes, and what it will be like. Here's the page to watch if you want to keep an eye out, too:
http://www.naturalnews.com/024287.html
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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2 comments:
Congratulations!
I often get discouraged at the prospect of many any difference whatsoever in the world, so stories like this one inspire me. I needed that today, thanks.
ROFLMAO!!! you made me LITERALLY LOL!!! that was too funny! aw shucks, ma'am. :) heck, i was pissed, so all professionalism went out the window, LOL!
i have to tell you, i got EXACTLY the same email from lacey. i just figured she sent it before they printed the retraction...hadn't read it to mean they were actually going to redo the article...i'll be interested to see if they do something new.
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