CNN’s Blitzer says no to Paris frenzy.
CNN’s Blitzer says no to Paris frenzy.
On Thursday, a CNN anchor proudly described the network as “the most trusted name in Paris news.” But on Friday, CNN host Wolf Blitzer made a decision to not join in on the media frenzy. The Washington Times’s Inside the Beltway reports:
During his daily production meeting on Friday — the same day that the young California socialite was “taken handcuffed and crying from her home,” “escorted into court disheveled, without makeup, hair askew and face red with tears,” “crying out for her mother when she was ordered back to jail,” a “little girl lost in a merciless legal system” — Mr. Blitzer vowed that during that afternoon’s entire news program, he would not bring himself to utter two words: Paris Hilton.
“And he didn’t,” a CNN producer tells Inside the Beltway.
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And to think, I hate Wolf, but maybe not anymore.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pmSo TP has yet another story about no story about the no talent sl*t.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:07 pmDrop it TP, or I’m off to KOS for a while.
But we must keep America focused away from reality!
Like strengthening Israel, and taking Iran’s oil!!
June 11th, 2007 at 12:07 pmCongratulations, Mr. Blitzer, on your will of iron, and the heroic and monumental sacrifice you have made in an attempt to salvage some dignity for your profession.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:08 pmI would make a crack about progressives and their ability to maintain websites being like their ability to run a country, However noone would be able to respond so I shall refrain.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:09 pmCatch Bush’s schtick in Borat-land yesterday?:
“At some point in time, sooner rather than later, you’ve got to say, ‘Enough is enough — Kosovo is independent,’ †Mr. Bush said. He said any plan to extend talks on Kosovo, like the one proposed recently by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, must end with “certain independence.â€
The future of Kosovo is of paramount interest here; some Kosovo residents traveled to Tirana to join the crowd. The United Nations Security Council is considering a plan for independence, but Russia objects. On Saturday in Rome, the president agreed that there should be a deadline to end the United Nations talks, saying: “In terms of a deadline, there needs to be one. It needs to happen.â€
But on Sunday, Mr. Bush tried to backtrack when asked when that deadline might be. “First of all, I don’t think I called for a deadline,†Mr. Bush said, during a press appearance with Mr. Berisha in the courtyard of a government ministry building. He was reminded that he had.
“I did?†he asked, sounding surprised. “What exactly did I say? I said deadline? O.K., yes, then I meant what I said.†The reporters laughed. – - – -
The gutless American press grants Bush The Boob a free pass yet again.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:10 pmGood for Wolf, but he needs to report on real news like the Iraq fiasco and massive corruption in the Bush Regime more often. Act like Cafferty and not be a Bush apologist.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:11 pmYo, TP, please try not to dive into the same bullsh!t that right-wing blowhards revel in. When describing a story or a report, let’s try at least to be accurate.
Claiming that a CNN anchor proudly described the network as “the most trusted name in Paris news†is a distortion. The anchor clearly meant the remark sarcastically. Perhaps even self-mockingly. Certainly not “proudly”.
Let’s try to be a cut above, shall we?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:13 pma “little girl lost in a merciless legal systemâ€
WHAT???
She got off the hook for a DUI, and the first violation of her parole.
She’s being treated this way, because she violated her parole a second time, and was obviously thumbing her nose at the system.
Sheeeesssshhhh…
June 11th, 2007 at 12:13 pmDidn’t I just ask for a moratorium on Paris Hilton stories???
After all, it’s not like there aren’t other stories worth reporting on…like Chimpy’s recent suspicious welcome in Albania, or the continuing Ed and Elaine Brown saga (just for starters).
Are you trying to drive us away?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pmThat Wolf, what a guy…
In other news, Amercia’s CEOâ„¢ slipped further into self-parody yesterday by appearing in person on a series of postage stamps issued by Albania, perhaps THE only country left on the planet where he can get cheered.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:16 pmMr. Blitzer has been silent on issues that have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Iraq and thousands of US service members.
Mr. Blitzer has also been silent on the movement to dismantle the constitution and the rights and liberties of all Americans.
So now Mr. Blitzer decides not to report on “news” catering to American’s perverse fascination with unruly and petulant celebrities and what, he wants a Pulitzer or something?
All that this confirms is that when you watch Mr. Blitzer, what you receive is not “the news” but rather what he decides to tell you. Mr. Blitzer and honor parted company long ago.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:17 pmThinkprogress.org, I get the feeling that you’ve been covering this more than “Entertainmant Tonight.” I really do.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:17 pmHowever noone would be able to respond so I shall refrain.
Comment by Tundra
Conservatives have made a great job, yep.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:17 pmParis Hilton news is a distraction from Bush’s criminal activities in Iraq.
comment by TP moonbat
Rove you evil genius!
June 11th, 2007 at 12:17 pmTripMaster > I would rather see a thread up on Bush getting drunk in Europe than to continue to have ones on Paris Hilton.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:17 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey
Cool! It’s something Trip and I can agree on – NO MORE PARIS!.
How about a ‘Cease and Desist’ notice to TP? How about it?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pmTP latest Paris Hilton 24/7
June 11th, 2007 at 12:19 pmI would make a crack about progressives and their ability to maintain websites being like their ability to run a country, However noone would be able to respond so I shall refrain.
Comment by Tundra — June 11, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
Except that you already did – once on the ThinkFast thread and again here.
I said it before and I’ll say it again – you are free to leave and go hang out elsewhere.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:21 pmTP = Tabloid Progressive
June 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pm“I did?†he asked, sounding surprised. “What exactly did I say? I said deadline? O.K., yes, then I meant what I said.†The reporters laughed. – - – -
Comment by Badmoodman — June 11, 2007 @ 12:10 pm
How freaking embarrassing to thinking Americans everywhere – all 35 of us…
June 11th, 2007 at 12:23 pmI would make a crack about progressives and their ability to maintain websites being like their ability to run a country, However noone would be able to respond so I shall refrain.
Comment by Tundra
Please do refrain, and refrain some more, and some more, that’s it, a little more…
June 11th, 2007 at 12:25 pmMaybe TP could drop it now!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 12:25 pmYeah, but will he be doing some REAL NEWS or just more corporate white washing….none of the news networks does any real news that matters. If they did, then this administration would have been out of there ages ago.
IGNORE THE TROLLS – Debate good, Trolls bad
June 11th, 2007 at 12:26 pmParis’ whiny hysterics have been keeping the coverage roaring. Unfortunately, I don’t see the media fizzing-out because they have to cover the internal tragedy of her jail life being a distraction from what she’s known all of her life. That’s what makes this so appealing. The media covers what Paris doesn’t have in Jail when most people don’t enjoy many of these same luxuries outside of Jail.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:27 pmYou are including me in that 35, aren’t you?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:27 pmDoes no one see the difference between the news about Paris Hilton VS. the news about the way the news about Paris Hilton is happening? I know it’s a fine line, but it’s not really that hard.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:29 pmFlaco=Flaco… eeeew… don’t step in that pile of Flaco there, kids. Ya think people would learn to curb their repubs after a wile.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:30 pmThink Progress proudly described their website as “the most trusted name in Paris news.â€
June 11th, 2007 at 12:31 pmin Non-Paris news:
CBS News reported Sunday that the final members of the 82nd Airborne are about to leave Fort Bragg for Iraq, saying, “This is only going to be to be the second time since World War II that the entire 82nd Airborne will be deployed overseas. Just one more sign of how thinly stretched the Army is right now.”
June 11th, 2007 at 12:31 pmYou can’t take a break from the Paris Hilton story… there’s no story to break from. This is tabloid sh*t.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:31 pmbig deal
June 11th, 2007 at 12:34 pmCome on TP do an Ed and Elaine Brown story
this story is the rage at the moment
June 11th, 2007 at 12:35 pmTP never had any credibility just catchy(false) headlines.
Get your soundbites here!
Twistoidal Progress?
Yea I like it. Fits the freaks here!
June 11th, 2007 at 12:35 pmParis….*yawn*
June 11th, 2007 at 12:35 pmI’m reminded of the Billy Crystal film, “Forget Paris.” Let’s.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:36 pmYou are including me in that 35, aren’t you?
Comment by the republic of stupidity — June 11, 2007 @ 12:27 pm
But of course :D
June 11th, 2007 at 12:39 pmYea I like it. Fits the freaks here!
Comment by Flaco
Since you’re here, that would make you…???
June 11th, 2007 at 12:39 pmThe 82nd Airborne is the Armn’s Fire Brigade.
They can jump into any situation in 36 hours.
When they all get deployed to Iraq, who is going to be the rapid response to another crisis?
Chimpy is destroying our military in Iraq and letting our butts hang in the breeze.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:40 pmWhy do I get the feeling that Flaco is actually gordo?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:41 pmTom3 > wait till Bush attacks Iran, then he might get our entire Navy fleet sunk off Iran.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:41 pmJust one more sign of how thinly stretched the Army is right now.â€
Comment by Wayne — June 11, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
If anyone is making us less secure in the world, it is the Bush Regime. And yet, with our wide open borders and exhausted military, we haven’t been attacked again. “The War on Terror” is overhyped. If anyone is terrorizing, right now, it’s us. Bush has become the very thing he claims he is against…
June 11th, 2007 at 12:42 pmCould happen, Jay.
Loserman is pushing for an attack on Iran.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pmTesting…testing…1…2…3…
June 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pmThinkprogress vs. ET
Who wins?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pmNice to see that censorship is still alive and well here at ThinkProgress. My post regarding Chimpy’s trip to Albania is disappeared, but the trolls have free license to continue to derail the conversation.
Fsck this. I’m headed to AmericaBlog. Hope to see some of my friends there.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:50 pmOur priorities are skewed when it comes to what issues to discuss and pick apart. Politicians and celebrities personal lives should not make headlines. However, issues such as global poverty, which affects millions of people, are ignored. According to the Borgen Project, over 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. The Millennium Goals were agreed upon in 2000 to combat this problem, yet where are the headlines about that?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pmFantastic…NOW my posts show up. Why is it that the more substantive one of my posts is, the longer it mysteriously ‘disappears’, before reappearing, TP?
I’d appreciate an explanation, as would many other posters here.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:52 pmWhat’s so great about Paris anyways? She’s not than smokin’. I see hotter women on “The Age of Love.”
June 11th, 2007 at 12:53 pmTripMaster > there seems to be a filtering device on TP that checks the post for certain words and then decides to delete them or allow them.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:55 pm…and now my posts are gone. Again.
Any admins out there care to comment on this?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:56 pmI see hotter women on “The Age of Love.â€
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
I’m sure you blow up hotter women than that every day. You have your way w/ them, let the air back out, then put ‘em away for another day.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pmOh, Paris….you’re sooooo overrated.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pmAny admins out there care to comment on this?
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — June 11, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
How many times must they post that they’re working through some server issues right now? One of those posts, on another blog item, was directly to you from an admin. I guess it’s just a conspiracy against you Trip.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:00 pmTP talks about Paris twice today. Another step backwards for the “Progressive” movements.
ROTFL
I guess TP stands for Toilet Paper with all this crap being “discussed”.
ROTFL
June 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pmBut of course :D
Comment by unbelievable
Thank you! Just wanted to be sure…
June 11th, 2007 at 1:06 pmThinkParis.org
June 11th, 2007 at 1:06 pmTP talks about Paris twice today. Another step backwards for the “Progressive†movements.
Comment by Happy Guy — June 11, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
One more here who lacks the capacity for critical thought.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:07 pmOkay, if we are going to stick with the Paris Hilton schtick lets at least take it in the spirit this sort of “Celebrity” is supposed to be taken: Cruely pointing and laughing at the freakshow.
Lets face it, way back in the 1800’s they had their elephant men, midgets, and chicks with beards. Now we have only moderately less attractive filthy rich hotel heiresses. Now that’s Progress!
June 11th, 2007 at 1:08 pmFantastic…NOW my posts show up. Why is it that the more substantive one of my posts is, the longer it mysteriously ‘disappears’, before reappearing, TP?
I’d appreciate an explanation, as would many other posters here.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
STFU Its just bulsh*t anyway SOS
June 11th, 2007 at 1:09 pmyou do not own TP asshat
Namtillaku sez:
Oh, so these problems are just recent, then?
Actually, no, they aren’t. These problems have been around for months…something you might have known if you had been around during that time. Don’t try to excuse this with the recent server migration.
That message was in response to the inexplicable disappearance of the entire ThinkFast thread, not to the disappearance of individual comments, which is the issue at hand. Don’t try to claim I’ve already been responded to on this issue.
Many other posters have complained of exactly the same problem…again, something you might already know if you had been reading threads during the last several months. Don’t try to insinuate that this issue is limited to me.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:10 pmWow, such self control, pat yourself on the back CNN, you should be so proud that you’re not going to bring up Paris for an entire afternoon.
Sheesh.
How about NEVER mention her ever again, maybe she’ll go away.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:11 pmFlaco sez:
Now Flaco is defending TP.
I think that sums it up beautifully.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:11 pmOne more here who lacks the capacity for critical thought.
Comment by Namtillaku
Indeed, Namtillaku. Folk like Happy Guy and Flaco will always be welcome here at the Republic of Stupidityâ„¢! These are my people – the Stupidians of the world. They’re what makes the Republic the place that it is. No rant is too insane, no comment too batshit crazy… regardless of the race, creed, or colors you choose to hate irrationally, you’re always welcome at The Republic of Stupidityâ„¢.
And don’t forget, Happy Guy and Flaco, we always give door prizes here at the Republic!
June 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pm…and now my posts are gone. Again.
Any admins out there care to comment on this?
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
June 11th, 2007 at 1:13 pm——————————————————-
Dude you are a loser.
TP does not like your BS
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — June 11, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
We have been told time and again that they’ve been having server problems. In response, you get all in a huff, saying you’re going to stop posting here & go to another blog. You’re behaving like a 12 year old. Go ahead and keep attacking me, at this point I expect nothing less from you. Surprising and sad. BTW – I despise conspiracy theorists, as they are counter productive – just as you’re being now.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:16 pmSo TP has yet another story about no story about the no talent sl*t.
Drop it TP, or I’m off to KOS for a while.
Comment by RUCerious — June 11, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
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The atrocities must be documented, otherwise we won’t have a record of whats wrong or going wrong! besides this isnt sensationalizing this non-story, it’s pointing out that Wolfie aint playin along, which surprised the hell outta me….Cafferty yes, but Limp Wolf?!? wow.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:16 pm[Test]
June 11th, 2007 at 1:17 pmMy delusions/post regarding Chimpy’s trip to Albania is disappeared, but the trolls have free license to continue to derail the conversation.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:17 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
The problem has existed for a while, Trip, but the posts sometimes reappear.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:19 pmDude you are a loser.
TP does not like your BS
Comment by Flaco
And the winner of this hr’s door prize is FLACO! Come on down and get yer prize, son. Shoot, if I ever saw an natural-born Stupidianâ„¢, it were you, Flaco!
June 11th, 2007 at 1:22 pmFunny, I tried typing in Thinkparis.org and it redirected me to Thinkprogress.org
June 11th, 2007 at 1:27 pmNamitakilu sez:
We’ve been told that for months, and nothing has improved since. Now they have completed a server migration and the problems continue on unabated. Don’t you think the ’server problem’ excuse is starting to war a tad thin, especially as no other blog on the Internet seems to suffer from these mysterious ’server problems’?
TP could correct these ‘problems’ in one day if they chose to. The fact that they choose not to speaks volumes about their true intentions.
At this point, I don’t see how I have much of a choice. I’ve repeatedly asked to a plausible explanation for these issues, but the silence from the admins is deafening. Regardless of what you try to say, I have never received any explanation for my posts that have disappeared.
And you’re projecting. I’m not the one who started this. You were the one who felt it necessary to wade in and accuse me of positing a ‘conspiracy’ against myself (while conveniently ignoring the several other posters that have complained of exactly the same problem).
Care to show the post where I ‘attacked’ you? (Note: stating the obvious does not constitute an ‘attack’, no matter how much you might not want to hear it.)
And there it is. Thank you for exposing your bias.
I’d despise you in return…but you just aren’t worth the energy.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pmTP continues to report on this crap. I am done with this site until you realize that reporting on PH in any form is pathetically wrong. Please stop. PH is not news. The only time I want to see her name is if I run across it in the obituarys.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pmComment by CompTROLLER V-1
Sorry, Li’l CT, but Flaco has already won this hr’s door prize. You’ll have to wait for the next round to start. Until then I suggest saving all your better lines. As Jeff Gannon likes to say, the competition is gettin’ pretty stiif around here!
June 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pmTripMaster > there seems to be a filtering device on TP that checks the post for certain words and then decides to delete them or allow them.
Comment by Jay Randal
Yes, absolutely, and has been all along. What’s not really clear is what words or phrases trigger the filter.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:43 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey — June 11, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
You really want me to do this?
First, you said it yourself, TP has been having server problems for weeks, including an obvious post today about them working on the servers over the weekend. On of the symptoms of the problems they are having is DELAYED POSTS.
What do you do when your posts on this very blog are delayed? You intimate that TP is deliberately targeting certain people (you I guess) and certain posts. All the while KNOWING that this is an issue they’ve been seeing.
Then what happens? These ‘targeted’ posts of yours show up, but not before you threaten to leave TP. Do you think that anyone cares?
Add it all up anyway you want to, but everything I’m writing about is right here in this post, yet you behave like a spoiled child AT BEST, and a conspiracy theorist at worst. Rather than recognising this, you lash out at me for point to your hypocrisy – this is something that BushCo does.
I am proud to be anti-conspiracy, as it’s superstitious and low minded. The realm of religionists and sooth sayers – it’s all yours.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:49 pmI propose a new rule. Every time TP posts some story about Paris, they need to attach her sex video. Lets just get to the bottom of what made this girl famous. And thats all anyone really cares about, if they care at all.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:52 pmHeh. Heh. Heh.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:53 pmTP continues to report on this crap. I am done with this site until you realize that reporting on PH in any form is pathetically wrong. Please stop. PH is not news. The only time I want to see her name is if I run across it in the obituarys.
Comment by Cary — June 11, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
Are you seriously this obtuse? TP isn’t reporting about PH, they’re reporting on the reporting OF PH.
All these posts by people who cannot see the forest for the trees, also deflects the point of this and other posts like it, from the underlying issue at hand. The main stream media’s obscene about of coverage about ‘news’ such as this PH one. This is something we all need to continue to talk about, as it’s one of the biggest problems we face in America today.
I for one, applaud TP and hope they continue to TRY (not being very successful here) to focus our attention on this issue.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:54 pmComment by The Republic of Stupidity
Alright, old guy. Nobody is looking for you to follow my posts everytime with cheap sarcasm. Anybody here, regardless of political affiliation, can joke however they choose. Liberals aren’t known for their moral monitoring, just their PC monitoring, so stick to what you know best.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:58 pmComment by Namtillaku
Well, you do bring a pretty solid perspective to the table. It might just change my position.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:00 pmThis tells me alot about the washington times and how they depend on “a paris connection” to turn a buck. Typical republican capitalistic business practice.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:01 pmTP
June 11th, 2007 at 2:03 pmTwistoidalProgress.org
This is what happens when you have non-issue threads. You have people attacking each other based on what are really non-issues.
Tripmaster, Namtillaku et al, relax, its a Paris Hilton thread for whatever’s sakes.
So far as I can see, Tripmaster just got frustrated over a post on something which TP hasn’t covered, and started to pout. So he is human. Big deal.
Namtillaku got irritated with TMM getting whiny, well that is human too, and it is all okay. It isn’t like a thread about Blitzer not talking about PH is exactly great material to start off with.
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June 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pmRefresh button is useless here. You have to submit comments in order to get an update on other comments.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:11 pmYou have to submit comments in order to get an update on other comments.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
Now, now, let’s not get lazy, big fella!
June 11th, 2007 at 2:18 pmGotta put some effort into your existence,
justify that paycheck, ya’ know!
You wouldn’t want to default on my rent-to-own contract would ya’,huh? And have somebody come and reposess me, would ya’ huh, ol’ buddy ol’ pal?
Alright, old guy. Nobody is looking for you to follow my posts everytime with cheap sarcasm. Anybody here, regardless of political affiliation, can joke however they choose.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
Cheap sarcasm? We never use cheap sarcasm here at The Republic of Stupidityâ„¢. Only the finest ingedients go into our comments. If I didn’t know better, I’d think this is getting on your nerves.
Yes, you can make ANY bad joke you like, and we’ll accept it here at the Republicâ„¢. And we, in turn, can make any reply we want.
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June 11th, 2007 at 2:23 pmComment by TrollINGMOTOR T-2
Alright, kid. Shut up and go drink your ovaltine. In case you haven’t noticed, TP is having technical problems. I’ll be sending those kids-with-hammers now to shred that plastic piece of crap you own.
I’m not affiliated with your crappy contract. You are not affiliated in any way with the revolutionary development of CompTROLLER V-1. Never will.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pmComment by The republic of Stupidity
Alright, Thank you sooooooo much now. Remember, drink your “Ensure” for optimum Libetroll health.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:29 pmI find [ctrl] f5 works fine for refreshing.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:30 pmRefresh
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June 11th, 2007 at 3:50 pmRegurgitate….
June 11th, 2007 at 4:27 pmRe-swallow…
June 11th, 2007 at 4:28 pm“What? Do the Paris Hilton story? And interrupt my AIPAC propaganda? No way, Jose.”
– yeah… REAL integrity he’s showing there….
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June 11th, 2007 at 7:28 pmComment by TrollINGMOTOR T-2
[block virus]
[stupid teenager whose vocabulary is sex-addicted terms only]
June 11th, 2007 at 7:29 pmI hate these trolls
June 11th, 2007 at 9:06 pmtesting
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