-Caveat Lector- http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49392-2001Jun26.html By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 27, 2001; Page C05 ABC News yesterday yanked footage of correspondent John Stossel's interviews with schoolchildren about global warming after their parents complained that they had been misled. While ABC maintains that the interviews were handled responsibly, spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said, "we decided we would respect the parents' wishes" by killing that part of the environmental special airing Friday at 10 p.m. Seven Los Angeles parents, working with the Washington-based Environmental Working Group, revoked their permission for the interviews in a letter to ABC Monday. They said they had not been told of the involvement by Stossel, who frequently challenges environmental claims as overblown, and that they believe Stossel asked the children leading questions to support his views. Stossel may interview other children because "they've got a hole in their show now," Schneider said, and may explain on the air what happened with the disputed interviews. Questioning the parents' turnaround, Schneider wondered "how people who had no complaints discovered they had complaints after they had been contacted by activists." But Mike Casey of the Environmental Working Group produced an e-mail showing that a friend of one of the parents, concerned about Stossel's "confrontational" approach, got in touch with the organization. "Did we help the parents? Absolutely," Casey said. "Are the parents' concerns genuine? They most certainly are. . . . No amount of spin from ABC can change that." © 2001 The Washington Post Company <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
