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When Will Princess Di Come Back from the Dead?
Gotta give Mohammed al Fayed, owner of the vaunted London's "Harrods" and father of dopey Dodi Fayed, credit. The man continues to spout conspiracy theories about a car accident that had one very drunk driver careening through tunnels with unforgiving pillars and two un-seat-belted people in the back seat. This is an automotive scenario that spells "horrific crash" and "dead passengers".
Now we have a former head of London's police verifying that Fayed's "issues" and not-so-subtle inferences that the royal family somehow arranged for Diana's death might have merit.
Sure. The royal family made the chauffeur drink himself silly. The royal family sabotaged the seat belts so they wouldn't fasten. The royal family made that pillar in that Paris tunnel move so that the speeding car would hit it.
Heh.
Princess Diana news remains hot almost ten years later:
"Lord Stevens, the former head of London's Metropolitan Police, acknowledged that some of the issues raised by Mohammed al Fayed _ whose son, Dodi, was killed in the 1997 car crash with Diana _ were "right to be raised." He did not elaborate."
Media Nuggets
Culled from my own secret source. Believe at your own risk.
New York Times fourth-quarter net earnings plunge 41 percent, hurt by a weak advertising environment. WB and UPN will be merged into one broadcast network and named CW. This is not like 2 successful businesses merge. Instead of closing the losing one, they are trying make it look otherwise. Media General's (owner of Richmond Times Despatch, Tampa Tribune & 23 others, also 26 tv stations) 4thQuarter earnings plunge 32% Fox ratings suffer this year and received lots of complaints from viewers. Fox is shifting it's LA Bureau chief Trace Galleghar (host of "Only On Fox") to NY to fix anything necessary. NBC spent 24 million for their new Series "The Book of Daniel. Being "anti-Christian program," several ProLife organizations warned airing it but NBC ignored. 2 weeks later, after several local affiliates refused to air & strong public disapproval, NBC cancelled the series. West Wing will not be renewed for loss of revenue too.
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