docnerd ?
Thanks for your clarification. Since you have asked a very specific
question, let?s get right to the point.
Contact information for Mark Halperin is available from several online
sources, and there are some inconsistencies among them. As I will
explain below, I am confident that the following information is the
most authoritative that is available online.
Here it is, from the website of an activist conservative organization:
Mark Halperin
Political Director, ABC News
PHONE: (212) 456-4545
FAX: (212) 456-2795
EMAIL: mark.halperin@abcnews.com
Move America Forward: Action Alert (10/13/04)
http://www.moveamericaforward.com/Emails/ActionAlert-25.html
An additional email address that is almost certainly an active account is:
mark.halperin@abc.com
Here is why I believe the above information (including the alternate
email address) is the most authoritative that is out there.
Google searches reveal that the phone and fax numbers listed above are
not generic ABC numbers but are associated with ABC News and, more
particularly, with Halperin and his small unit. For example, note the
results of these Google searches on the phone and fax numbers above:
212-456-4545 (34 ?hits,? all indicating that this is Halperin?s direct
telephone line)
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=212-456-4545
212-456-2795 (300+ hits indicating that this fax number is shared by
the ABC Evening News and Halperin?s political unit)
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=212%2D456%2D2795
As for his email address, various online sources cite one of the two
alternate addresses listed above:
mark.halperin@abcnews.com (2 hits)
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=%22mark.halperin@abcnews.com%22&btnG=Search
mark.halperin@abc.com (53 hits)
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=%22mark%2Ehalperin%40abc%2Ecom%22
I am familiar with the email address styles used by the major
networks, including ABC, and I can confirm that the format of the name
(?mark.halperin?) is ABC?s style and that ?abc.com? is its primary
domain name. I also know for a fact that the network news
organizations typically also use their own domain names (such as
?abcnews.com?), and I believe it is very likely that either version
can be used to reach Mr. Halperin.
Additional Search Strategy:
I am familiar with Halperin and his role at ABC News, so the research
involved trying to nail down his contact information.
Because of his current prominence, there is much online information
about him, including representations as to how to contact him. Much
of that information is generic; that is, it amounts to how to contact
ABC?s or ABC News?s headquarters. Here is an example of a site that
offers only generic telephone and fax information (without identifying
it as such):
Mikehersh.com: Media Feeding Frenzy: Dean's "Secret" Records
http://www.mikehersh.com/Dean_s_Secret_Records.shtml
I settled on the most reliable information by performing Google
searches on the competing telephone and fax numbers to determine which
ones were generic and which were more likely to get you closest to Mr.
Halperin on the first (or second) try.
I am confident that the information I have provided above accomplishes
that goal, although I must repeat that there is no guarantee that he
will pick up the phone or check the fax machine without the
intervention of a staffer. The same goes for the email accounts, but
I believe that they are your best shot at success.
If anything is unclear, please ask for clarification before rating the answer.
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