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Article #3736Re: Tell Me About GE (General Electric)
From: Jym Dyer
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 05:08
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 05:08
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> I believe GE was involved in civilian/commercial nuclear
> power, not in nuclear weapons.
=o= They were in fact the largest nuclear weapons manufacturer
before they sold that part of the business to Martin Marietta
not too long ago. They accompanied this with major influence
on the nuclear weapons purchasing and planning policies of the
United States government.
=o= GE was the target of a very successful boycott by Infact
for that very reason.
=o= Their environmental record remains an issue. So does their
ownership of NBC. (GE-owned NBC has pulled such stunts as soft-
pedalling news about a GE-designed nuclear plant failure and
forbidding the staff of Saturday Night Live from making jokes
about Reagan for much of his presidency.)
<_Jym_>
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