Negative Media Coverage

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Last night I was watching Charles Grodin on CNBC and the guests were Ralph 
Nader and a lady who had something to do with the US Govt. involved with 
transportation (former job).. sorry, can't remember her name. In any event, the 
show was about airline safety. In the middle of the broadcast, Nader comes out 
with the statement that the public should ask a lot of questions.. and he knows 
people who go up to the gate counter and ask to speak to the pilot to verify that 
there is NO radioactive material on board, medical or otherwise. Nader stated 
that the public had the right to know how dangerous the plane is. He then 
recounted some of the previous Delta medical isotope spills (I was involved in 
one back in the early '70s when one of the Delta flights landed at West Palm 
Beach, and since I worked for the State of FL Dept. of Health, I had to respond 
from the Miami office).. Yes, there was contamination on the passenger's bags, 
but BIG deal ...Anyway, Nader likes to rehash and antagonize the public)... I 
noted that he didn't seem to care too much about frayed wires running through 
gas tanks, or parts of planes falling off. The big issue was radioactive material... 
 

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