[Vision2020] The National Enquirer

[Tom Hansen]

Sound familiar?

"The National Enquirer has settled a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts 
woman who accused the tabloid of fabricating stories that said her son 
born in 1984 was fathered by Sen. Edward Kennedy."

>From the Associated Press (August 13, 2008) at:

http://tinyurl.com/6gltyd

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National Enquirer settles suit over Kennedy stories
 
BOSTON (AP) — The National Enquirer has settled a lawsuit filed by a 
Massachusetts woman who accused the tabloid of fabricating stories that 
said her son born in 1984 was fathered by Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Terms of the settlement with Caroline Bilodeau-Allen of Sandwich, Mass., 
were not disclosed in a court dismissal order filed Aug. 1.

Bilodeau-Allen filed a defamation lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Boston 
last November, claiming two articles that appeared in the Enquirer in 
early 2006 contained "false and sensationalized reporting and outright 
fabrications."

Attorneys for Bilodeau-Allen and her son Christopher Bilodeau, as well as 
those for The National Enquirer and its parent company, America Media 
Inc., did not immediately return messages left after business hours 
Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for Kennedy did not immediately return a call for comment.

The National Enquirer previously said it had no reason to doubt the source 
of the information and that the plaintiffs declined several opportunities 
to deny the initial story prior to publication.

The settlement was first reported Monday by the Web site 
TheSmokingGun.com. The site said the Enquirer agreed to make 
a "significant payment" to Bilodeau-Allen after her lawyers provided 1985 
DNA test results showing that Kennedy was not the father of Christopher 
Bilodeau. 

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And from The Smoking Gun . . .
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0811081teddy1.html

Hmmm.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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