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Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar
I was also amused by the sentence: “An anonymous e-mail alerted The Tribune to the situation, not the Walton family.” I assume the Trib author meant “An anonymous e-mail, not from the Walton family, alerted The Tribune to the situation.” Isn’t the statement inherently self-contradicting? If the e-mail author were truly anonymous how could we know it wasn’t from the Waltons?
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They could have asked the Waltons if they had sent it. In fact, a reporter would be dumb not to ask. The situation could then be rephrased to, "The Walton's deny sending the tip.", but that has a perjorative tone. Maybe the reporter knows but promised not to reveal the identity of the tipster. My WAG: it was a friend or teammate who is upset about the situation.