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I guess we kind of ruffled some feathers, Lee! Good!!!! They even sent one of their lesser flunkies to respond. I am proud to be one of those who stepped on Wadsworth's toes! And for Harris, why don't you identify yourself and who pays you off?

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I was wondering when Maribel’s goons would show up. Thanks, Rick!

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"A half truth is a whole lie."

Yiddish Proverb

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I really like that proverb, Ed!

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Lies of ommission!

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OK, so I'm not a troll, I'm not a Gannet shill, I'm just a guy show likes guns and shooting who found your site. But I'm genuinely confused by all this.

How did Gannett have access to your site to be able to delete it? If it was your content, controlled and owned by you, why didn't you have backups? I have a little blog that gets maybe 75 hits a day and has perhaps 2 or three regular readers, but I still back it up weekly. That's pretty standard procedure for any electronic media.

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Sorry for the typo. "guy WHO likes guns" not "show".

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Lee, you have an email address where I can contact you? No, not a Gannett troll....

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It's interesting you continue to tell people it was your product when even in the past you admit that it originated as an SHT blog -- https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20140204/News/605215465/SH

Even until the day you were fired the site was owned by Gannett/GateHouse Media and was never yours. They paid your salary, as well as everyone that was ever listed on the Team TGW page. They paid the hosting fees and the marketing budget to keep it running. Almost all of the content that was on the site came from Gannett resources. For someone that listed themself as a senior investigative reporter, it doesn't look like you did much research on IP and copyright laws.

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Whomever you are, this may work in some forums for you and whatever other accounts you may have(definition of a troll), but in this case all of us here no Lee either personally or through his years of writing. We trust him on this and many other subjects. You lose and will continue to do so. That said all if not most of us here will continue to report your fake accounts. Yes you can create more but that cycle I described will continue. You can do more harm elsewhere. Thanks Lee keep up the great work. We missed your intellect and writing for these months and are glad to have you back. And yes I am real. Look me up I am not hiding anything.

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Thanks, Jerry

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Yes, please show me how anything I've posted is untrue. Lee in his own article states it was an SHT product. If they signed over the rights to him none of this would be happening. He needs to just drop the fake outrage and rebrand like a normal person would do after being fired.

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?Nobody cares, John. How much is Gannett paying you to troll my site?

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The site was mine, "John Harris." What do you do for Gannett?

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There is a John Harris listed on LinkedIn as CEO of Gannett ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-harris-aa301965/ ).

However, it is an obvious fake profile and I reported it. It's amazing what people will do and what deception they must use to try to force their agenda on us. Sad part is, many fall for it and is why this Nation is in the position it is today. Want to watch something scary. "Hitler's Circle of Evil" - It focuses very much on the propaganda machine used to turn the mindset of the German people to go along with Socialist Agenda. Along with organized marches. Followed by force against particular groups. And finally by fear and ignorance. https://www.netflix.com/title/80138915

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Toss in a fake Twitter account ( https://twitter.com/johnhar23965349 ) which links to a non-existent website ( http://t.co/jUfO1njM?amp=1 )

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Lee and I actually know each other from San Diego, but kudos on your research.

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Gannett doesn't even have a paper in San Diego, and I've never heard of you, troll.

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Yes, because journalism is the only profession you've been fired from 👍🏿

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Sorry, John. I never worked in San Diego. Don't know ya.

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Fine. However, why the fake profiles and non-existent links. No current or former CEO I know does such. Not to mention 5 followers on Twitter after being on Twitter for 8 years. And those "followers" are beyond suspect. Add in an absolute hollow LinkedIn page even though you listed yourself as CEO of Gannett. What kind of person does such?

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I don't know the guy, Ed. Gotta be one of Gannett's paid trolls. Pay him no mind. He's probably being paid by the post.

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Yes, my apologies, you said it was yours so that must be the case. I'm sure as the shrewd editor and investigative reporter you were you had them sign over all rights to you and small things like Gannett listed as the publisher of your podcast were just mistakes on their part - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-aim-fire/id1218447638

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Go troll somewhere else, "John." Thanks.

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Yes, I'm the troll for the only one bringing facts to a conversation. Still waiting on something other then you said so.

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