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		Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y A free press “We've declared this edition Monica-free. Except for this column, you will find no references to Lewinsky or related allegations in today's newspaper. Are we nuts? I hope not. We're just trying to respond, however symbolically, to the criticism that news organizations, including the State Journal-Register, are blowing this story out of proportion.” -- Patrick Cockburn, editor of the Springfield (Ill.) State Journal-Register in a letter to readers in the Wednesday edition. Quoted by the Associated Press. SALON | Feb.5, 1998