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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 12:10:53 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: ZDNet Special Report:  Web Tragedy
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           ZDNET ANNOUNCEMENT          3/28/97 
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Join us today for our latest ZDNN news special report,"Web
Tragedy". 

Once again, we see how the Web affects us and our culture, in ways
never foreseen. Shades of Jonestown. A mass suicide. Bizarre
enough. But even more so. Reason: Even this could be tied to the
Internet. 

___"Heavens Gate" Web Site Now Accessible Via Yahoo! Internet
Life___ 

As the Heaven's Gate Web site continues to experience overload,
Yahoo! Internet Life has mirrored a major portion of the site for
Internet surfers looking for more information on the cult.   

Heaven's Gate Web site:  
http://www.zdnet.com/yil/higher/higher.html 

___ ZDNet News Special Report___ 

Visit ZDNet News for a comprehensive news package on the suicide
of the 39 Web designers, including:  video reports, insight from
inside the Net subculture itself, perspective from cult experts, a
discussion forum and the latest news as it happens. 

ZDNet News Special Report:    
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/heavensgate 

___ Yahoo! Internet Life Offers Report from Cult Experts___ 

Yahoo! Internet Life also offers an exclusive column by noted cult
experts Robert Siegelman and Flo Conway, who try to make sense of
the tragedy. 

Cults on the Web:   
http://www5.zdnet.com/yil/higher/cultcol1.html 

 

We'll be updating these sites continually as this story unfolds. 


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