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CNN.com Inadvertently Reveals Al Gore's Email Address
Web Newser ^
| June 1, 2010
| Alex Weprin
Posted on 06/01/2010 1:22:42 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
When it comes to emails, mistakes happen all the time. But very rarely do they involve former Vice Presidents of the United States.
So it was quite surprising to see CNN.com inadvertently reveal the email address of Al and Tipper Gore Tuesday afternoon.
"Our intention was to keep the email address confidential, and CNN corrected the online post as soon as we discovered the error," a CNN spokesperson told WebNewser.
So what happened? CNN.com today posted a story about Al and Tipper Gore's separation. The story included a link to a PDF of the email the Gores sent to friends. While the email address was blacked out in the PDF, clicking on the black bar opened the user's preferred email client, revealing the address used to send the note.
As the spokesperson noted, CNN has since changed the article to remove the offending PDF, but it was still online for nearly two hours, likely attracting thousands of clicks.
The email is pictured below, with the email address dutifully obscured, even when you click on it. See how easy it is guys?
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; cnn; emailgems; humor; tippergore
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To: Beaten Valve
To: Beaten Valve
Yes, the Office Of The Former Vice President Of The United States is going to be all over this.
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:29:38 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Can around 25-30% moonbat base really steal the country from us and hold it?)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:30:19 PM PDT
by
Sloth
(Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
To: Beaten Valve
To: Beaten Valve
If it was a PDF just copy and paste to a text file allows reading of the redacted words. Like the Blago SUBPOENA PDF.
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:30:53 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
To: Carpe Cerevisi
So someone hacks a VP candidate’s personal email account, and they are commended, but when a VP ‘s personal email address is displayed, there is panic and an apology?
Oh, I get it, one is a good guy, and one is a bad girl (in their worldview). Is it me, or is everything backwards?
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:31:42 PM PDT
by
ph12321
(We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately - Benjamin Franklin)
To: Beaten Valve
To: Beaten Valve
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:32:23 PM PDT
by
chuck_the_tv_out
( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
To: Sloth
right so it’s fully intentional then, because that’s no longer going to be a relevant email address
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:33:57 PM PDT
by
chuck_the_tv_out
( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
To: ph12321
no... you’ve got it right.
there are at least 2 sides. conservatives and progressives... and the press, expecting some of FOXNEWS, is on the side of progressives. therefore, they bash their political enemies while providing political cover for their allies.
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:34:30 PM PDT
by
sten
To: Beaten Valve
Al, you had best be prepared for SPAM SPAM SPAM Baked Beans SPAM SPAM and SPAM.
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:34:37 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
Yeah, I really want to know. I’d like to send that fat idiot an email.
To: Beaten Valve
To: Beaten Valve
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:37:33 PM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
((((((((((((((((((((PALIN/BACHMANN 2012))))))))))))))))))))
To: Snickering Hound
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:37:34 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Beaten Valve
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:40:27 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Would you hold my hand ... If I saw you in heaven ... to my angel in heaven)
To: Beaten Valve
Coooool.
Could somebody please provide Al Gore’s email to some Nigerians who can help him develop a new income stream now that “carbon credits” are worthless?
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:41:35 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!)
To: chuck_the_tv_out; Beaten Valve
I found this on You Tube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ahHM-_GDMxI
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To: Beaten Valve
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posted on
06/01/2010 1:45:23 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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