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In a way it's weird.

Posted May 24, 2001 7:02 PM.

In a way it's weird. I seem to have written and talked about the Kaycee issue more than anything else, yet none of this conversation has been for plasticbag.org. For me the issue is about the different expectations of truth on the web as opposed to print. There are fabrications, distortions and misrepresentations presented every day in the newspapers - most of which aren't even consciously perpetrated. But we don't seem to notice them any more. Stick it on the web - in an environment where connection is instantaneous and there's immediate possibilities for interaction - and suddenly everyone wants to know exactly where they stand. Fascinating.

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