-Caveat Lector- Heaven forbid that someone NOT go along with the PC crap about global warming. We CAN'T have that. If you don't spout the propaganda (even if you don't know what you are talking about), you get censored. The kids MUST be taught to believe the lies as gospel. On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 07:09:33 -0700 Jenny Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -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 <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
