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RE: Upcoming HBO "documentary" on Indian Point
I think that it is sad that news, i.e., information,
has to be presented in an entertainment format for
people to watch it. Look at your local stations.
--- "Stabin, Michael"
<michael.g.stabin@Vanderbilt.Edu> wrote:
>
> <I always thought that a documentary dealt with
> facts and actual events,
> not speculations.
>
> Very funny, John, thanks! 60 Minutes has shown us
> for years that this is
> not true. In a journalists' roundtable that I saw
> some years back, Mike
> Wallace was actually taken aback by a seasoned
> journalist (sorry, I
> forget who) who pointed out that these shows are
> like sitcoms, mainly
> for entertainment, and not even remotely for
> information.
>
> Mike
>
> Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
> Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological
> Sciences
> Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
> Vanderbilt University
> 1161 21st Avenue South
> Nashville, TN 37232-2675
> Phone (615) 343-0068
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> e-mail michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu
> internet www.doseinfo-radar.com
>
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-- John
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