On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
Except for common sense.
Common sense says that if someone tells you what their birth name is, you
believe them, not something that's probably misinformation but which has
been multiply repeated.
Well, no. Common sense here is that she changed her name and, in the
interests of keeping a consistent public image, has no interest in
promoting the old one. Common sense is that the fact checkers at
People magazine double-checked the name they listed as her birth name.
- Carl