web for tv

[Hillel Weintraub]

It's interesting to substitute the word "tv" for "web" in Linda's paragraph
below, but it's unlikely that anyone on 60 minutes do that soon!

On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Linda Absher wrote:
~~
~~Okay--I'll be the first one to bring this up:  did anyone watch the "60
~~Minutes" report on the difficulty in determining the
~~authority/authenticity of info presented via the web?  I know tv ratings
~~thrive by presenting a subject as if it were The Next Big Catastrophe,
~~but I was taken aback by its ominous, cataclysmic tone, and its attempts
~~to suggest that children may be yet again at risk when using the web.

Hillel


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