Slate screams politics!

[Doug Henwood]

Now here's an objective take on things, from the Microsoft-owned Slate. For
some reason I paid to subscribe to this thing.


>Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:51:30 -0700 (PDT)
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>Subject: SLATE News - May 22, 1998
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>May 22, 1998
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>Dear Reader,
>
>State attorneys general are everywhere: They're suing Microsoft, suing
>big tobacco, preparing to sue Visa and MasterCard-even though the
>federal government is already doing the same thing. So why does every
>state in the union suddenly have its own antitrust policy?
>Politics. In this week's Slate, Jacob Weisberg argues that state
>attorneys general are more interested in good press than in good law.
>http://www.slate.com/redirect/announce.asp?gotoT=/StrangeBedfellow/98-05-22/Str
>angeBedfellow.asp