posted on July 17, 2003 08:29:30 AM new
Many people have heard the story by now of Avigayil Wardein, the little girl in Naples, Fla. who "had her lemonade stand closed down by the government." (Some reports even had her being arrested!) Her story has been on Letterman, Limbaugh, MSNBC and Fox along with numerous websites and message boards. She's even been on Letterman.
Turns out Avigayil's story has a lot less to do with "bureaucratic abuse" and a lot MORE to do with a long-running neighborhood squabble and a media-savvy mom. The St. Petersburg Times actually went through the records and did some background checking to find out the truth:
Of course, the real truth isn't anywhere near as interesting, so I have a feeling this little girl is going to join the "McDonald's coffee lady" as one of the long-running urban legends of our time.
------------------- We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
------------The Talmud
posted on July 17, 2003 09:32:58 AM new
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the media gave as much time to "the rest of the story" as they did to the fabricated story ?
