Another suspected in-house gag...

From: Ben Raza <Ben.Raza@bedsnews.com>
To: christophercolumbus1492 <christophercolumbus1492@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 11:34 am
Subject: RE: Let's call it America

Hello Chris,

 

I'm pretty sure that when you discovered the Americas you did not know that it was a new continent, and that you went to your death bed ignorant of the scale of your achievement.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Ben Raza

 

Content Editor

Times & Citizen

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(VOIP 66418135)

 

ben.raza@jpress.co.uk

 

 

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From: christophercolumbus1492@aol.com [mailto:christophercolumbus1492@aol.com]
Sent: 20 February 2012 09:17
To: christophercolumbus1492@aol.com
Subject: Let's call it America

Dear Editor,

My name is Christopher Columbus, you might have heard of me. I wanted to give you the opportunity to benefit from an exclusive scoop. I have discovered a country to the West of Europe, across the Atlantic Ocean. It is a place of wide open spaces, featuring forests, mountains, volcanoes and desert.
If you are interested in some pictures, you can find some on the world wide web.
Hoping that you will choose to publish my story,
Warm regards,
C. Columbus

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