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To: backhoe
There was a story in the Birmingham News yesterday that said "Freon is implicated in the destruction of the ozone layer" or something to that effect. Just printed as fact.

That's the problem here. Thanks again for that lik.
82 posted on 02/06/2003 11:23:17 AM PST by Jael
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To: Jael
Just printed as fact.

That is the heart of the problem- the media in this country ( and I include the "propaganda arm"- the entertainment media... in that definition ) has a pre-adjusted template of things they consider good, bad, and simply so far out of bounds that they won't even mention it.

My participation in the Freon War predates my appearance on the web, consequently I don't have a lot of links to it- it was a done deal by the time I got here.

But to sum up, the Wall Street Journal was the only paper of national stature to point out that there were an equal, if not greater, number of scientists, researchers, and academics who looked at the same data the anti-Freon crowd did, and reached opposite conclusions.

Indeed, the late Dixie Lee Ray ( former WA state Governor ) wrote columns debunking the Freon-is-harmful/evil myth... and found little interest by publications, outside of the Journal. The press had their preconceived point of view, and were not even interested in exposing the public to any dissent.

84 posted on 02/06/2003 12:28:39 PM PST by backhoe (Do NOT Read this! Under penalty of Law!)
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