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Paul Fidler said:
> For those interested in this article, it may be worth noting that Janis
> Cortese (the first "net regular" quoted) felt misquoted, or at least mis-
> represented in the article.
In the Newsweek article written by their staff writers or by Deborah
Tannen? The main Newsweek article was pretty bad, so this wouldn't
surpise me. But if it were Deborah Tannen who misquoted her, I'd be
shocked.
As for feeling misrepresented, that's part of seeing your words in
print.
