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RE: CSI Miami: Aiding terrorism
(A question for the "television is fiction" crowd: how long would shows like
"ER" or "The Sopranos" last if they didn't pursue factual reality to support
their ficticious storylines?)
Asking the question brings almost the answer Vincent: How many people in the
public can really evaluate the amount of factual situations or
scientifically accurate portrayals in ER or The Sopranos ? After all, I am
NOT a surgeon, I am trained in medical first response only (more then first
aid) and I am not in the Mafia... "Funny" enough , Italian community is sick
and tired by the "Italian = Mafia" stereotype and I understand them (like
most Radsafers are tired about poor nuclear power depiction) but yet, shows
are going on and strong... Here in Quebec (Canada) we had two shows called
"Omerta" and "The Last Chapter" about Mafia and criminal biker gangs. Very
interesting , very entertaining , they were my favorite shows but again, I
have no point of reference in telling what is true and what is fiction...If
I had, perhaps I would not even mention the programs now as I would have
switch channel. People are interesting in something out of their ordinary
situation and nuclear power that goes on with no problem, that gives very
little or no dose to member of the public, is the real life, not Hollywood
selling material. Why don't we start a reality show about 4 HPs in a power
plant ?
Of course shows like ER or The Sopranos may "consult" experts in the field,
as long as the experts don't blow their balloon too often...(see a previous
post on Radsafe) Of course some of the content is accurate and we should
reach accuracy. But again, what really surprises me is how HP professionals
are offended by what it is portrayed on TV about Nuclear industry. What I
would suggest is that next time you look an episode of your favorite
program, tell yourself that the electricity they are using in that nice
house is coming from a nuclear power plant and that everything is all
right...
But again, the idea is sent: A reality show in a nuclear power plant... I
will cast myself as the young foreign CHP who will take care of that tritium
problem...OUPS, you don't have CANDUs in the US...:-)
My last post, I promess !!!
Stéphane Jean-François, Eng., CHP,
Spécialiste en radioprotection-Radiation Safety Specialist
Gestion des risques-Risk Management
Merck Frosst Canada et Cie,
514.428.8695
Fax:514.428.8670
stephane_jeanfrancois@merck.com
http://www.merckfrosstlab.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent King [mailto:slavak@gj.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:07 PM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: CSI Miami: Aiding terrorism
Don't even get me started about the mileage (and the $$$) that television
and Hollywood and novelists derive from terrorist activities. (Oh, but ask
them directly, and suddenly it's "fiction" and "just entertainment."
Hmmm....sounds reminiscent of Radsafe...)
By the way, after quietly watching unending Radsafe messages go by on
eminently mundane (but radiologically related) topics, I note an immediate
request for those interested in one of our most direct interfaces with the
public (namely, television and Hollywood) to 'get a grip' and take their
discussion off of Radsafe. Whence the vehemence here, folks?
Vincent King,
Not having a cow in Grand Junction, CO
----- Original Message -----
From: "John White" <radjcw@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:15 PM
Subject: CSI Miami: Aiding terrorism
> I guess my disappointment is a little stronger than most of the opinions I
> have seen here so far. I feel the engenderment of needless fear in the
> perceptions of the American public aids and abets those who would cause
fear
> for religious or political purposes. In these times I expect a custodian
of
> American opinion, which in my opinion the major media networds are, to
> exercise at least technical responsibility and not the flagrant
> irresponsibility I saw on the show. I think the show presented such a
> distorted effect of radioactive materials that the lay citizen now has
> further fear of things radioactive. I have been laboring to educate the
> emergency response community as well as the citizenry I contact on the
> realities of radiation. I think the show did much damage to the efforts of
> reasonable professionals who read this list, and I think we as a
> professional society should call CBS to task.
>
> John White
>
>
>
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