[ RadSafe ] CNN Gives Asaf Durakovic Star Billing How ro contest tilted reporting?

Wed Feb 7 20:11:42 CST 2007

Maybe it really is futile to "punish the messenger"--- even when the
messenger is a lying scoundrel.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "parthasarathy k s" <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Bernard L. Cohen" <blc+ at pitt.edu>; "Roger Helbig"
<rhelbig at california.com>
Cc: "radsafelist" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] CNN Gives Asaf Durakovic Star Billing How ro
contesttilted reporting?

Dear Professor Cohen,

Myths and the reality! How can one counter tilted reporting and bias of TV
channels and media? Impotent rage does not help either! The recent response
of a Commissioner of NRC to Mr Zimmerman's article in the New York Times on
Polonium poisoning is published as an "opinion" of a few lines length! The
Commissioner's cogent response clearly rebutts some of the core premises of
Mr Zimmerman.

We must flood all media with the type of information you have; not many may
remember or may even know that we are ingesting that many uranium atoms
daily! As a matter of fact, I had recommended your book titled "Before It's
too Late: A Scientist's Case for Nuclear Energy"  as soon as I read it. It
is really a source book. Some well thumbed copies are available with us now.

A few years ago, a free lancer from India wrote an article in the
ChristianScience Monitor totally distorting some statements made by the then
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. The stringer took an
appointment with us before writing the piece. He called it off at the last
minute as he was busy else where. We offered another chance. He did not turn
up. Still he wrote the article with many inaccurate statements.

I contested his views word by word. CSM ignored it. I sent a reminder
without success. I got the piece published in the dispatches of  the Press
Trust of India, India's premier news agency. Even though they gave enough
space to vent my ire, they also did not include my statements which would
have undermined the competence and credibility of the CSM stringer!

The wag is now attached to an Indian TV news channel and is involved in
sting operations!

Best regards

K.S.Parthasarathy Ph.D

(Formerly
Secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board)

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