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Wikileaks 1 - New York Times 0

ITESPRESSO, LE POINT ( France)

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A column published on the New York Times' website had the web abuzz on Sunday, reports French website ITespresso. It was revealed later in the day, after many people including journalists and college professors had retweeted the column, that the whole thing was a hoax.

On Sunday, Bill Keller, former executive editor of The Times and Op-Ed columnist, wrote an opinion piece (see below) defending Wikileaks and condemning "backroom pressures by the Obama Administration's State Department to expand its financial blockade targeting Wikileaks." He wrote: "You don't have to embrace Assange as a kindred spirit to believe that what he did in publishing those cables falls under the protection of the First Amendment. ... I've said repeatedly, in print and in a variety of public forums, that I would regard an attempt to criminalize WikiLeaks' publication of these documents as an attack on all of us, and I believe the mainstream media should come to his defense."

The column, says ITespresso, garnered a number of reactions on the Internet, including from the London Guardian's columnist Dan Gillmore and Nick Bilton, NYT tech writer, who called it an "important piece" in a tweet that he later deleted.

The article, uses a fake domain name, www.opinion-nytimes.com, instead of www.nytimes.com, but the page, which is designed like a New York Times page, is very convincing.

What's was even more convincing for Bill Keller readers, is that the column is actually written from his own words: emails he sent to the GigaOM technology blog in response to an article about how attacks on WikiLeaks threaten the rights of all media entities.

Wikileaks admitted to the hoax later on Sunday.

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The Benefits Of "Buongiorno"

Our Naples-based psychiatrist reflects on her morning walk to work, as she passes by people who simply want to see a friendly smile.

Photograph of a woman looking down onto the street from her balcony in Naples

A woman looks down from her balcony in Naples

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Mariateresa Fichele

In Naples, lonely people leave their homes early in the morning. You can tell they're lonely by the look in their eyes. Mostly men, often walking a dog, typically mixed breeds that look as scruffy as their owners. You see them heading to the coffee bar, chatting with the newsstand owner, buying cigarettes, timidly interacting with each another.

This morning as I was going to work, I tried to put myself in their shoes. I woke up tired and moody, but as soon as I left the building, I felt compelled, like every day, to say to dozens of "buongiorno!" (good morning!) and smile in return just as many times.

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