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Article #97Re: integrity of TV media (CHEK6)
From: Eric Nevatie
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
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I just wanted to point out a "disinformation campaign" regarding "red-light" cameras that were allegedly installed in traffic intersections throughout Nanaimo, BC. CHEK 6 (Nanaimo-Report) reported that these cameras have been installed and the "system" is fully operational. In particular, the intersection of Bowen Road/Terminal Ave. was the intersection used in the report to demonstrate that these "cameras" had been installed. I have personally seen no cameras, nobody I know has seen them either, but I have noticed that regulatory-controls that change the state of any given traffic light into the emergency-vehicle's favor were what was ACTUALLY installed. I suppose that authorities have used CHEK 6 NEWS to lie to the general public. This may not be a terrible lie, in fact, it probably will reduce the number of people running through red-lights at intersections, however, it does seem that authorities here feel justified in concocting and spreading these lies through otherwise reputable news media. By reporting incorrect information, I can only wonder what impact this will have on the integrity of truthful reporting. CAN WE TRUST NEWS MEDIA, EVEN IN COMMUNITY REPORTING??? A concerned observer....
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114012,a514e00365c3cced,start X-Google-Attributes: gid114012,public From: Eric Nevatie <pointman@island.net> Subject: Re: integrity of TV media (CHEK6) Date: 1998/08/05 Message-ID: <35C8B4FA.3D72@island.net> X-Deja-AN: 378271415 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: BCTEL Advanced Communications Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: bc.news