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Economy

SharonClark

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1. Why post the lead up to the article

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 02:52 PM

Mar 2022

5 times? Just post the link to the article and forget the tweets. Who cares that David Weigel retweeted a tweet from Steve Marble who linked to an article in The LA Times?

Get to point!

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The truth about L.A.'s most notoriously expensive gas stations [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 OP

Why post the lead up to the article SharonClark Mar 2022 #1

It's called "attribution." The story is not original with me. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #3

OP: Thanks for your posts. They're always interesting, regardless of format demanded by other DUers! MerryHolidays Mar 2022 #2

People will pay it Warpy Mar 2022 #4

Article in brief: because they can. n/t Bobstandard Mar 2022 #5