Subject: Dr. Cherry in San Francisco....
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 053200 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru@hotmail.com
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 23:57:12 +0000
From: Christopher Beaver
To: "Roy L. Beavers"
Subject: Dr. Cherry in San Francisco.....
Dear Roy:
Thank you for your assistance with information on Martin Meltz. I
managed to track down summaries of several articles bearing his name. I
think we're covered. Any other information you've located would be
helpful, but I also think we can let it rest. We encountered Meltz twice
today, once on radio, once on television. He's basically a "thermal"
devotee who cannot find any biological effects of radiofrequency
exposures in the laboratory.
We began the day with Dr. Cherry being interviewed by Jane Kay, the
environmental writer for the San Francisco Examiner. Then on to the
Michael Krasny radio show, "Forum," on KQED radio, one of our public
broadcasting stations. There Dr. Cherry appeared alongside Nancy Evans,
board member of the Breast Cancer Fund, and in opposition to Martin
Meltz and a private attorney, formerly with the Federal Communications
Commission. I've misplaced her card so I can't supply her name, but I'll
try to fill in the blanks with Dr. Cherry tomorrow.
This evening found Dr. Cherry once again opposite Martin Meltz, this
time on Channel 35's "Take Issue," a point/counterpoint tv show on cable
that's an offspring of KRON-TV here in San Francisco.
I think the interviews and shows went very well. There's so much that
hasn't been said in the mainstream media that every sentence of Dr.
Cherry's is a breakthrough. But once again I was struck by how limited
radio and television are in terms of the depth of a discussion. As I
have personally delved into the scientific issues surrounding cellular
antennas (and the sociology and politics of that science and the
contending forces around them: in my view, us versus big government and
big corporations) I've become aware of how much of the story lies in the
details...and somehow television is not suited to conveying details =97
not even high definition television with its supposedly glorious picture
quality, to make a joke.
Tomorrow we start with Dr. Cherry interviewed by Emily Soares, a
reporter for The Independent, a neighborhood-oriented newspaper, with a
KRON-TV news interview scheduled for later in the day just before Dr.
Cherry appears at Rainbow Grocery, an organic supermarket. From 5 until
7 we have a Noe Valley neighborhood reception for Dr. Cherry at Judy
Irving and my apartment. We haven't seen many of the people in our group
since the last picket line. We had a real sidewalk Sunday meeting going
there for a while.=20
Late night thoughts after an exciting and exhausting day: What an
unexpected journey it's been for me since last August when PacBell first
threatened our neighborhood, and I mean the word threatened in the sense
of a bully trying to intimidate all of us who live in Noe Valley by
telling us there was nothing we could do at any level of government
because the federal government said we couldn't. I think I can say
without fear of contradiction, they picked the wrong neighborhood. And
yet, we only managed to stop or more likely only to displace six
antennas. Where next? Who next?
As I listened to the industry spokespeople today, I was very proud of
what we had accomplished. And sobered by what could still befall us, and
the people around us.=20
All for tonight. Chris Beaver
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