tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666825.post112335633100626888..comments2023-07-18T08:02:47.266-04:00Comments on The Megasometherium Club: follow-up: plagiarism lawsuitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666825.post-1123641748544299472005-08-09T22:42:00.000-04:002005-08-09T22:42:00.000-04:00I'd forgotten that the LA Times requires registrat...I'd forgotten that the LA Times requires registration. What that article discusses that isn't in the Snopes article is that it's widely believed in the African American community that Sophia Stewart is now a billionaire, and that there is a conspiracy in the mainstream media to suppress this story. Here's a quote:<BR/><BR/><I>Dr. Todd Boyd, professor of critical studies at USC's School of Cinema-Television, says the Stewart case speaks to African Americans' deep distrust of the media. "A lot of people, regardless of race, continue to have very unsophisticated views of the media," said Boyd. "And many African Americans in particular are still very distrustful of the media." That distrust comes from a history of being either negatively portrayed or completely ignored by the press.</I><BR/><BR/>(And I didn't know that Snopes has pop-ups; I'm using Opera, which I guess is taking care of them.)Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799259633965559067noreply@blogger.com