In checking out how the competition is handling the story...

[Joseph S]

I saw on the screen of FAUX 6, a caller by the name of

"Bill S. Preston"

Seems to me someone must be pulling their chain at 12:16AM. Are they even screening these people?? WI$N and CBS apparently unprepared as they were showing Hollywood Squares and Letterman. Very sad story, but it doesn't seem like any station knows what happened or if there were people in there at all. I guess we'll learn more later.

There is a similar story from the Florida Marlins trade news conference where ESPN game out the conference call line number. In the background people were calling in with jokes and sound effects. MLB censored it somewhat, but if you listen close you can here it going on with "music censor."
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[This message has been edited by Joseph S (edited 07-13-2002).]