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[Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>]

Aaand just a bit more from the Wall Street Journal:

"    FactCheck.com is owned by Name Administration Inc., a Cayman
Islands company that engages in so-called "domain parking" -- it
acquires discarded Web sites and monetizes the traffic with text
advertising.

    The site had been showing education-related ads, mostly for
online-degree programs, when Mr. Cheney mentioned the site during the
debate. Suddenly, Name Administration saw a surge in traffic -- about
50,000 unique visitors in the first hour -- which costs the company
money for Internet bandwidth, according to John Berryhill, Name
Administration's attorney.

    ....So employees redirected traffic to the Soros site, not because
of any request nor payment from Mr. Soros's organization or
supporters, but based on their own political viewpoints, Mr. Berryhill
said. "Individuals within the company are favorably disposed to George
Soros's political point of view," said Mr. Berryhill.

    Name Administration said in a statement, "The staff at Name
Administration have been through some difficult times lately, due to
the impact of hurricane Ivan on Grand Cayman, and they were delighted
to have been given this opportunity by Vice President Cheney." Mr.
Berryhill said no one was available at the company to comment."


lol.


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:17:13 -0400, Evan Zimmerman
<evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a lefty blog, but here's an interesting insight into the
> factcheck.whatever debacle:
> http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_03.php#003584
> 
> 
> 
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> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:56:44 -0400, Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com> 
> wrote:
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> > | suggesting something sinister on the part of democrats.
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> > Now it had been registered with Network Solutions, that would be
> > sinister.  But not in a political way.
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