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RE: Yesterday's CSI episode (TV) (Request to drop this thread)
Ruth,
I do
not think any of our complaining to sponsors or TV network about the
inaccuracies we see on TV makes any different. Remember, the attention
span of the average American is about 30 seconds, or the length of a TV
commercial.
I
think the best forum is the newspaper. Reading requires more intellectual
actions because you have to think about what you are reading. At least I
do.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore
Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com
(H)
In a message dated 7/22/02
8:52:11 AM Mountain Daylight Time, sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
As stated by some, this is nothing but a TV show. If anyone has
a
problem with the show, there are remedies ... write the sponsors and
the network.
Yes, but... TV is where
people get information (perhaps unfortunately), and a great many more people
are reached by this kind of stuff than by informative web-sites or Federally
sponsored workshops. Moreover, many people think this stuff is all real.
So for Sandy and others: how do you suggest public perception can be
changed when we continue to have TV shows like this? This is a real, not
a rhetorical, question.
As for writing to an advertiser -- a
boycott of a product is only effective if lots and lots of people do it.
I boycott the local Wild Oats grocery -- and I had several discussions
with their staff about it -- and of course it has made no difference whatever.
Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com