Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Unbelievable: Australian Reporter Dismissed, and Wi-Fried Program Retracted for Reporting on Facts About WiFi


Unbelievable: Australian Reporter Dismissed, and Wi-Fried Program Retracted, for Reporting on Facts About WiFi 
Please support Maryanne Demasi, the reporter who produced the Australian Wi-Fried program that aired in February, 2016, by posting comments on the following articles, and writing to the ABC management (email addresses below).

She has been suspended from her position and and is being "investigated." ABC has retracted the Wi-Fried program and the piece has been removed from the website.

Please see the following articles:

July 5, 2016 - 6:57PM
ABC's Catalyst under review, reporter suspended after damning review on Wi-Fi program

The ABC will apologise to its viewers and review its science program Catalyst afteran independent investigation found a controversial episode on the health risks of Wi-Fi that went to air earlier this year breached its editorial standards.

Tuesday, 16 February 2016
WI-FRIED? CORRECTION
On 16 February 2016, Catalyst aired 'Wi-Fried?', a program about the safety of wireless devices such as mobile phones.

The ABC's independent Audience & Consumer Affairs (A&CA) unit investigated complaints about the program and found that it breached the ABC's impartiality standards by unduly favouring the unorthodox perspective that wireless devices and Wi-Fi pose significant health 
Managing Director, ABC TV, Ms Michelle Guthrie
guthrie.michelle@abc.net.au

Chair of ABC, Mr James Spigelman
spigelman.james@abc.net.au

Director of TV, Mr Richard Finlayson
finlayson.richard@abc.net.au

Head of Factual, Mr Steve Bibb
bibb.steve@abc.net.au

Series Producer Catalyst Ms Ingrid Arnott
arnott.ingrid@abc.net.au
P.O. Box 1847
Middletown Ca 95461
USA 

My own personal response. We'll see if it gets posted:

This is obviously corporate pressure being applied to stop a good reporter from reporting on the facts about the adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation. There are not only thousands of studies out there showing biological effects, but increasing numbers of people are feeling the adverse effects of this technology: Hence, both correlation and causation have been established. On the other hand, there are the corporate cronies out there — what you describe as "prominent scientists" — more than willing to take handouts from these corporations to say and do whatever their masters ask. These people are not "prominent scientists": They are deceitful liars willing to sell their credentials to the highest bidder. This article is nonsense — and it is an insult to the intelligence of your audience. And I do expect your trolls to respond.

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  1. My own personal response. We'll see if it gets posted:

    This is obviously corporate pressure being applied to stop a good reporter from reporting on the facts about the adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation. There are not only thousands of studies out there showing biological effects, but increasing numbers of people are feeling the adverse effects of this technology: Hence, both correlation and causation have been established. On the other hand, there are the corporate cronies out there — what you describe as "prominent scientists" — more than willing to take handouts from these corporations to say and do whatever their masters ask. These people are not "prominent scientists": They are deceitful liars willing to sell their credentials to the highest bidder. This article is nonsense — and it is an insult to the intelligence of your audience. And I do expect your trolls to respond.

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