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From: moakler@glasgow.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.frp,net.suicide,net.kids
Subject: Re: Letters to 60 Minutes -- your turn
Message-ID: <411@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 15:21:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 15:21:32 1986
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> Dear fellow netters,
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> Two weeks ago I posted to this newsgroup a copy of a letter I  sent  to  60
> Minutes  regarding  their segment on Dungeons & Dragons and related teenage
> suicides.  Two of their shows have aired since that time  and  neither  has
> acknowledged  receipt  of  the  letter,  let  alone  apologized  for  their
> misrepresentation of the facts.  This apparent contempt for the facts,  and
> for us, their audience, leads me to think some cage rattling is in order.
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> Below is a generic letter to 60 Minutes demanding that they acknowledge and
> respond  to the facts presented in my original letter.  I urge those of you
> who care about such things to either print out this letter with  your  name
> appended  or  write  your  own  letter  to  60  Minutes  and  mail  it  out
> immediately.  They seem to respond to mail volume.  Let's  show  them  they
> can't get away with "National Enquirer" style sensationalism.
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> 	       18 November 1985
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> 	       60 Minutes
> 	       524 W. 57th Street
> 	       New York, NY  10019
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> 	       Dear 60 Minutes,
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>                Two weeks ago I read on a world wide computer network an
>                open letter to your program regarding the segment you
>                recently presented on fantasy gaming and related teenage
>                suicides.  The letter cited statistics indicating that
>                teenagers who play fantasy games are less likely to commit
>                suicide than the average teenager by a ratio of at least 24
>                to 1.  It concluded with a request that you check these
>                statistics out for yourself and then respond appropriately
>                (i.e.: with an apology).
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>                At least two of your programs have aired since that letter
>                was mailed and no mention of it was made in the letters
>                segment of either.  From this I can only conclude that you
>                are more interested in sensationalism than facts and your
>                reputation for honest, even-handed reportage is merely a
>                fabrication of your publicity department.
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>                I'm willing to give you a final opportunity to prove my
>                conclusion wrong.  If you haven't responded to the original
>                letter within the next two weeks I'll know it's time to find
>                something more useful to do with my Sunday evenings.
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> Ok, folks.  Here's your chance to make a  difference  and  strike  a  blow
> against the know-nothing reactionaries.  Have at 'em!!
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> (And my sincere thanks to all those who sent encouraging responses  to  the
> original posting).
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> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe)
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