FUND JOBS PROGRAM - Exhibit 5 - Email response from Alterman July 4, 2002

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From: "AltercationMSNBC" (AltercationMSNBC@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Fund
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 09:57
To: "LittleLafayette@aol.com" (LittleLafayette@aol.com)
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Well, I think a retraction would only serve to bring more attention to what I said in the first place. I don't
 think you want to be associated with this for your entire life and it would probably be best to let it drop.
As for what I think of him, I have to say, it's entirely a disconnect. As I said, he has always been a 
perfect gentleman to me and behaved as such to my boss at MSNBC. Politically, however, his
 behavior is unconscionable even for someone who believes what he does. So there is a 
Jekyll/Hyde issue here, that is interesting, but fortunately, not my problem.
best,
Eric