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$$ .d""b. .d""b. HOE E'ZINE #1067
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$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ss$$ "How to Become a Media Whore in Less Than 24 Hours"
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$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ by, tamd
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$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ 05/01/00
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$$ $$ "TssT" "TssT"
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Step #1: Set up a controversial web page.
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Step #2: Fill that web page with content that will piss people off.
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Step #3: Get an email address that seems professional and very
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believable.
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Step #4: Send an email to the group that would be most pissed off
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by the content of your page.
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Step #5: That group shuts you down and informs the media to brag.
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Step #6: Put the page back up and piss them off more.
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REPEAT STEPS 4-6 AS OFTEN AS YOU WISH
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Step #7: You get contacted by the media, do interviews; accept the
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free trips.
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Step #8: Enjoy your media attention, you are now a media whore.
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To prove that this works, I will use the example of one of my
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webpages, DateRape.Org.
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I went and made an email address, father_joseph@clergyman.com,
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and figured that seemed like a valid email address to remain
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professional. The name I then assumed was Joseph Boxer, that would become
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my secret identity. I got the name from my underwear because a lot of
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times I sit on the computer in just my boxers. I then had to decide who
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to send the email to.
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After very little consideration, I chose to send the email to
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feminist.com (It was either there or the National Organization of Women,
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and I couldn't find a suitable email address to send them a letter so I
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went with feminist.com)... I then proceeded to write an email.
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Here it is:
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Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 23:05:17
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From: father_joseph@clergyman.com
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To: mail@feminist.com
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Subject: I am outraged
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Dear feminist.com,
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I came across a rather upsetting site, it is http://www.daterape.org it
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promotes date rape. Seeing as you are one of the rather large feminist
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communities I was hoping you could help with our struggle in ending such
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a morally vile site. Please help me spread the word amongst your
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community and to the National Organization of Women. Thanks for any help
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you can give.
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-Joseph Boxer
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That was the mail that began it all. I was on the telephone long
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distance with one of the contributors of the site when I was writing it
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and when I was second guessing whether or not to send it. He told me not
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to. Too bad, I did it anyway.
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A few days later I receive a response in the mailbox:
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:34:09 -0500
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From: Marianne Schnall <mschnall@interport.net>
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To: father joseph <father_joseph@clergyman.com>
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Subject: Re: I am outraged
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Hi Joseph -
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Thanks for forwarding this note to us. This is one of the most offensive
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and upsetting sites I have ever seen. I have forwarded the note to some
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groups who will know what actions can be taken including the washington
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feminist faxnet. As far as contacting NOW - please e-mail them at their
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web site at http://www.now.org - perhaps they can also help do something.
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Thanks for your activism,
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Marianne Schnall
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Feminist.com
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The seed had been planted. Marianne, I would like to thank you
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for doing all the work for me. You are probably kicking yourself in the
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behind as you read this. If it wasn't for you this site wouldn't have
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prospered. She later mailed me informing me of my site's closure:
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:50:44 -0500
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From: Marianne Schnall <mschnall@interport.net>
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To: father joseph <father_joseph@clergyman.com>
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Subject: Re: I am outraged
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Joseph: I thought you would be very happy to know that the daterape.org
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site has been pulled by their web hosting company, whom I contacted this
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morning - who were as horrified as you were about the content. Thank you
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so much for alerting us to this site.
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Warm regards,
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Marianne Schnall
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Feminist.com
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They pulled me? No reeeeaaaaaaallllly? I had already known this,
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boy did I feel good then. What's the matter? You don't like my page?
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Excuse me as I chuckle. You are doing what we want. Pawn to Rook-4.
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At this point the media begins to contact us. Hippy hooray! The feeling
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of accomplishment runs through my veins. We do the interview with Wired
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magazine, and they provide us with the beginning number of hits we had
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wanted.
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***Phase One Complete***
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We now had a start on media coverage, we are getting requests for
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interviews from everywhere. Radio shows, newspapers, television
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stations, you name it they more than likely contacted us. I then decided
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to thank Marianne for her help:
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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:03:47
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From: father_joseph@clergyman.com
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To: mschnall@interport.net
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Subject: Re: Re: I am outraged
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Marianne,
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Thanks for your help with this matter, however, I was thumbing through
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today's USA Today and noticed they have a new site up. I took a look and
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it seems like they have gotten stronger. What a dispair. :(
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The new site is: http://www.kracked.com/~daterape
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What are we to do?
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God Bless,
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Joeseph
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 07:56:38 -0500
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From: Marianne Schnall <mschnall@interport.net>
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To: father joseph <father_joseph@clergyman.com>
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Subject: Re: I am outraged
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Thanks for notifying us. We will do what we can.
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Marianne
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Anyway, thanks again for helping us complete part of my goal,
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Marianne. Yes, I am a media whore and like me, you can be one in less
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than 24 hours.
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