How much were the Laubers offered to

[malaise]

throw water on the Rmoney story?
Do they know what happened that day since only John was at the school that day.
A family member of the classmate whom Mitt Romney allegedly bullied in high school says she has no knowledge of the incident, according to news reports.

Christine Lauber, the older sister of former Romney classmate John Lauber, has told ABC News she was at college when the incident allegedly occurred while her brother, John, and Romney attended high school at the Cranbrook School, in Bloomfield, Mich.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/11/report-lauber-sibling-has-no-knowledge-prank/#ixzz1uZ9XfSQK

A family member of the classmate whom Mitt Romney allegedly bullied in high school says she has no knowledge of the incident, according to news reports.

Christine Lauber, the older sister of former Romney classmate John Lauber, has told ABC News she was at college when the incident allegedly occurred while her brother, John, and Romney attended high school at the Cranbrook School, in Bloomfield, Mich.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/11/report-lauber-sibling-has-no-knowledge-prank/#ixzz1uZ9XfSQK

No knowledge usually means I don't know so why is M$Greedia suggesting otherwise

[CTyankee]

1. I get the feeling (altho I don't know for sure) that this is an embarrassment for the Lauber

family. Plus, the guy is dead and the family might feel that this is a helluva way to remember him.
I can understand that this is pretty painful for them.

It seems, tho, that the sister herself answered her own question: perhaps he just didn't want to talk about it and that's why she didn't know.

Wealthy families can cover up a lot of unpleasant stuff....

[Octafish]

2. Murdoch working his magic.

The sisters said their brother probably wouldn't have told them if he had been attacked.

Remember, the editor decides not only what is news, but what parts of the "news" to leave in and what parts to leave out.

For instance: Mittler got to graduate from Cranbrook, even though he physically assaulted and battered a younger student.
The victim, however, never got that opportunity. Lauber was expelled from the elite school for smoking a cigarette.
Thus, the integrity of the illusion of class hypocrisy is maintained.

If that doesn't work, the pressure of being exposed for whatever is in the sisters' background makes for a handy silencer.

[malaise]

3. Well said

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[Orangepeel]

4. What a stupid waste of pixels this story is

Somebody who wasn't there and says she probably wouldn't have been told anyway didn't know about it.

[cali]

5. Occam's Razor

Maybe he just didn't tell his sister.

And no, "No knowledge" generally means, I don't know first hand.