Re: West Wing, et. al.

[muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

 From: "Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>



> Jim,

> As I believe I posted, this obviously was not a very good anti-nuclear waste

> "advertisement."  There was not release of radioactive material.  All was

> safe, and the story line moved on.  As Freud allegedly said, "Sometimes a

> cigar is just a cigar."  And sometimes an entertaining TV show is an

> entertaining TV show.



Actually it's more the other way around.



This had the "dodged a bullet" fear factor. A release would have to deal

with 'what effect?' and being vulnerable to a challenge about what would

really happen. You know, the part the fear-mongers  and gov't agencies don't

want addressed!  :-)



Your 'model' is having the guy drinking a Budweiser say "that's a really

good beer."  Don't need/want that to be effective!



Jim





> -- John 

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: muckerheide [mailto:muckerheide@attbi.com]

> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:46 PM

> To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: West Wing, et. al.

> 

> No John,  It's the political equivalent of "product placement." No

> 'fiction,' but not enormously effective either, and with less "effect" of

> tech accuracy - EXCEPT that the public buys the self-serving gov't line of

> crap that a little rad is hazardous!

> . . .



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