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| | Shame of the Grammys. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine |
 | | Three days before this year's Grammy Awards ceremony, 97 people died, and 187 people were injured (43 critically), in the deadliest nightclub fire this country has seen in a quarter-century. |
 | | Chatterbox recites these familiar facts in order to drive home how astonishing it is that during the entire three-hour Grammy Awards show, not one representative of the music industry requested a moment of silence for, offered remembrance of, or even mentioned the victims of the Rhode Island fire. |
 | | Incidentally, the Grammy Web site makes no mention of the Rhode Island disaster, either, even in the section of its news page dedicated to "Industry News." Apparently neither Great White, nor The Station, nor its 97 dead customers, has anything to do with the music industry. |
| www.slate.com /id/2079161 (364 words) |
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