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EarthFirst

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5. This particular article refers to TSF as 'former' and 'former President ' three separate occasions...

Reply to marybourg (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 12:44 PM

Oct 2024

…after being referenced as former President in paragraph five.

So no; this isn’t the general protocol in all print/digital media and I see it regularly and it infuriates me.

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