------------------ BROCK MEEKS UPDATE! --------------------

Dear Net Citizen:

     As we continue our effort to promote freedom of expression on
the internet, I thought it would be nice to share some good news
with you about Brock.  I just wish it could be good news about the
defamation case that is still pending -- but it isn't.  Brock still
needs your financial support, because the Suarez Corporation
continues its relentless pursuit of Brock in the courts.

     As many of you know, Brock is a professional journalist during
the day, for which he gets paid.  At night and on week-ends, he
writes for the internet.  We have just learned that Brock has won
the National Press Club 1994 Newsletter Journalist Award in
analytical category for his entry "Cellular Industry Fights Cancer
Claims".  Brock had been investigating the story for weeks when it
broke suddenly during the evening broadcast of CNN's Larry King
Live.  Judges said Meeks "reported on a story that had already
broken nationally, but because (he) had been working on the
background, (his) research and contacts put the story into context.
It also challenged, in a balanced and even-handed way, some of the
assertions and spin being put on the story by the cellular
telephone industry."

     Last year, Brock won "Best Investigative Reporting" from the
Newsletter Publishers Foundation.

     Hopefully, this new information will help those of you who
don't know Brock understand the typical quality of his work.

     The Defense Fund still needs your support.  The legal fees
continue to mount as litigation continues.  At this point, dates
for court hearings get set, then are cancelled.  Motions are being
filed and responded to.  Brock's lawyers are, of course, trying to
get the case dismissed, while the plaintiff's continue to pursue
their case.

     Attached, once again, is the information about how to
contribute to the Fund.  WE HOPE YOU CAN HELP OUT SUBSTANTIALLY,
$10 TO $100 contributions are urgently needed.

Samuel A. Simon
for the Defense Fund
ssimon@idi.net



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