In article , "charlesb"
writes:

SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX010
ARLX010 Amateurs Aid Agencies in California Fire Emergency

ZCZC AX10
QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 10 ARLX010
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT October 28, 2003
To all radio amateurs

That "news copy" was on the ARRL website opening page.

There is NO corroboration of that information with any other
commercial news service.

ARRL is NOT a news service despite play-acting as if they were.

If the ARRL was a news service, they would have put that
information out at least four days before the 27th of October,
AFTER the wildfires had begun and weather reports indicating
ideal wildfire conditions.

All the ARRL news seems to be AFTER-the-fact "reporting,"

LHA