Re: Six nuclear Newsweek pages: THE NEXT CHERNOBYL

["Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker@lanl.gov>]

Bjorn,

I would recommend that you and others, that found the lack of journalistic 
principles in the Newsweek article astounding, write letters stating 
why.  A colleague and I sent one over the weekend pointing out some of 
their errors regarding statements on the current health of the nuclear 
industry in that set of articles.  The letters can be sent by email to 
Letters@newsweek.com.

I frequently write letters to the editor regarding nuclear issues and if 
you keep them short (limit the reporting errors addressed to one or two) 
and pointed they have a better chance of being published.  Be sure to 
provide a phone number that you can be reached at, since a few times I have 
been pleasantly surprised when the reporters have called me to discuss 
their mistakes and what references they had used for the stories.  I felt 
those few reporters would do better in the future and was happy to help.

Mike




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Michael C. Baker, Ph.D., P.E.
Environmental Technology Group
Environmental Science & Waste Technology Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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