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assumed that the Tennessean gave information about
Al Gore's energy use to the conservative Tennessee Policy Research Center. That's "totally goofy," says Tennessean reporter
Anne Paine. "Why would I give information to a group, no matter what their politics are, to release instead of writing it ourselves? People see conspiracies, but the fact is we’re just like any other organization. We had planned on going with [
the story] sooner. We weren't in a great rush because we figured no one else had it."