gordon sinclair: hoax? no...

Jeffrey Fisher jfisher at igc.org
Thu Sep 13 11:19:36 PDT 2001


nope, imo not tring to cash in, again. i think it's americans desperate for foreigners to say that we're ok reaching back thirty years to find someone to say it.

nothing found on urbanlegends, but this recent post to that list:

Back to the topic.

Gordon Sinclair was, in fact, a longtime Canadian television and radio commentator. It's difficult to judge from the brief bio at <http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/personal/hof/sincla_g.html>, but he seems to have enjoyed both a long career and widespread respect, and he's a member of the Canadian broadcasting hall of fame.

<http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/news/unique/american.html> has the history of "The Americans," and a link to the original text, which -- wonder of wonders! -- doesn't seem to have been altered a bit in the usual e-mail forwards. Sinclair Broadcast his commentary on June 5, 1973; the text has dated references to draft-dodgers and then-cutting-edge airliners that date it pretty accurately.


> From: "Steve Perry" <sperry at usinternet.com>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:59:06 -0500
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Subject: gordon sinclair: hoax? no...
>
> there was a canadian named gordon sinclair who released a spoken-word single
> sometime in the early '70s about the greatness of america; it contained at
> least one line included here--the bit about japanese and german technocracy.
> i still remember hearing it on the radio as a kid. i'd have imagined he was
> dead by now, but maybe he's just trying to cash in again.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 12:48 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com; lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Hoax, variation; see also: snopes.com (Re: CNN images are
> fake?)
>
>
>
>>
>> the smiley faces are particularly effective. i wish this opinion were not
>> representative.
>
> oh, well, join those lists that have been set up to discuss the event. i
> can't keep up but occ. something catches my eye. One guy called for Florida
> to be nuked. There are some nutters out there, but then USENET and AOHELL
> chatrooms are like that everyday.
>
>> i presume you've all by now seen the "transcript" from
>> canada about how wonderful america is (kelley--i'd be curious about this as
>> a possible hoax. curious if anyone knows. i'll take a look into it.). it's
>> all about how america and americans are the most underappreciated
>> country/people in the world.
>
>
> fookinaaaayyyyy yes it is. granted, i've been guilty of not checkin'
> sources, but....
>
> <paste>
>
> <paste>
> I do voluntary work with an organization of folks who keep tabs on Internet
> rumors, hoaxes, etc.
>
> A plea: When you forward appeals, heart-tugging stories, unconfirmed
> reports from friends and so forth, you should take care to include as much
> information as possible. Include the full headers at the bottom or top of
> your forward. Include names, email addresses, land mail addresses whenever
> possible. I'm not even going to suggest that people stop passing along
> unsourced information or even that they check it out first. It's too
> difficult a time for that. But here are three questions to ask yourself
> before you hit <send>
>
> 1. Is upper case used liberally?
> 2. Have you been asked to send to as many people as possible, everyone you
> know?
> 3. Is there a source email address, name, land mail addy, web page address
> associated w/ announcement.
>
>
> To check a hoax see:
>
> http://www.snopes.com
> http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
> http://www.urbanlegends.com/
>
>



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