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Jeff Bergosh

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=="Godzilla" controversy==
On [[October 4]], [[2007]], the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' published an article by reporter [[Sara Rabb]] that revealed Bergosh had been posting comments on the Anonymous [[pnj.com]] forums under the pseudonym "[[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]]." Rabb contends that she had noticed that "Godzilla's" posts were similar to the views expressed by Bergosh at School Board meetings, and she was able to confirm with the website's administrator that Bergosh's personal email address had been used to register the account. Rabb requested an interview with Bergosh on October 2, 2007, to discuss Teacher salaries and Merit Pay. At the interview, Rabb confronted Bergosh with the IT data from the PNJ and indicated that the PNJ wanted to run a story on this. Bergosh admitted, "off the record" to the persona when confronted by Rabb, but issued an official denial.<ref name="whois">"Who is schools' 'Godzilla?'" ''Pensacola News Journal'', October 4, 2007.</ref> Bergosh officially confirmed the online identity during an [[October 8]] "[[IN Your Head Radio]]" interview on [[AM 1620]].<ref>[http://ricksblog.biz/?p=2490 Bergosh=Godzilla]</ref>
Bergosh was scrutinized in subsequent ''News Journal'' editorials for a number of the comments he made as Godzilla, which included:

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