Stossel program faces generic engineering threat

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jun 25 2001 - 22:23:38 MDT


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010625/aponline183637_000.htm

>Several parents who
> agreed to let their children be interviewed
> for an ABC News special on the
> environment now want them out of it
> because they didn't like correspondent
> John Stossel's questioning.

...

>Although he did not agree to make the
> complaint against Stossel until being
> contacted by the Environmental Working
> Group, Neal said: "I was clearly getting
> upset. But they helped me direct my
> anger."

...

>The parents were particularly upset about
> Stossel asking the children for a show of
> hands on how many of them believed
> scientists were unanimous on the dangers
> of global warming. A preview of the
> special asserts that children are often given
> one-sided information about
> environmental dangers.
>
> "I am concerned that these kids are being
> portrayed as if they were brainwashed or
> not being told the truth," said Michael
> Scott, whose children Rachel, 10, and
> Zachary, 8, were interviewed.

Um, yes, and...?

Damien Broderick



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