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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:00 AM

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Another red flag. What could it mean?

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  • Tuesday, October 17, 2006 06:46 AM

    Did you catch the copyright year?

    It's from 2004. That's kind of odd, especially in light of the above comments. Is it fair for Salon to try to slip this by the readers without noting that it came from the archives? Did it ever run before? There may be a good reason to revisit it, but without a disclaimer or explanation I just feel like someone is being lazy.

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