said by the linked article from BBR's news topic:

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Carl Redman, the Advocate’s managing editor, also attended the editorial board meeting with Oliver and another BellSouth official. Redman told The Independent Weekly he doesn’t recall the reference to Timbuktu, and Lightfoot says she can’t remember the context. “I do not remember because I did not take notes,” she says. Lightfoot maintains that in a subsequent conversation she had with Redman, he did recall hearing Oliver say “Timbuktu” but not the context in which it was used.

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