As the Apple Turns: Scene 1007: Seeing Starrs (9/11/98)

Seeing Starrs (9/11/98)

Ladies and gentlemen, we at AtAT are humbled by a paranoia far richer and more fertile than ours. At this point we step aside and turn the episode over to Russell Swan, a longtime faithful viewer whose nose for conspiracy is unparalleled:

How could you have missed the big story? Ken Starr is on the Microsoft payroll!

Thursday was the day the story about Bill Gates making Palmer an offer he couldn't refuse broke. On any normal day that story would have gotten major news coverage. As soon as the story broke it was announced that Ken Starr's report, which had an indefinite delivery date, was being delivered then. Coincidence? Only for people who think Elvis is dead!!! As a result of MS employee Ken's actions, Don Bill's persuausion methods were ignored by all the broadcast media.

An even more sinister possibility - We know that Clinton golfs with Bill G. Maybe the entire bimbroglio/lewinskygate affair is a "Wag the Dog" exercise intended to distract our minds from the real story (in which case, the bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan become what?).

Hmmm, we've got to break out the tapes of J.F.K. again to tone up those paranoia muscles... Too much soft living.

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The above scene was taken from the 9/11/98 episode:

September 11, 1998: Adobe denies rumors that it's leaving Apple for an exclusive affair with Microsoft. Meanwhile, Sun claims a victory in its battle with Microsoft over the heart and soul of Java, and a faithful viewer speculates on just how far Bill Gates' influence has reached...

Other scenes from that episode:

1005: Lies and Damn Lies (9/11/98) And here we thought we'd all moved past the stage of listening to rumors that big developers are abandoning the Mac platform in droves. Ever since Intuit gave up on the Mac last April (true!) and then quickly reversed its stance not one week later (after having been given a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the top secret iMac), we figured that would be the last "jumping ship" story we'd hear for a while...
1006: Choking on Java (9/11/98) With all the activity heating up over the impending "Redmond Justice" season premiere (currently scheduled for September 23rd, though that could certainly change, given Microsoft's latest "let's subpoena several thousand documents from several really huge companies and only give them a one-week deadline" gambit), another lesser courtroom drama may have dropped somewhat from the public eye...

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