[Peace-discuss] the plot sickens

[Ricky Baldwin]

Brooke is right.  We tried to make some points to
Channel 3 (e.g. this war has more serious consequences
than a little vandalism) but they chose not to use
that.  It's worth remembering, when speaking to the
press, that you just can't say anything except what
YOU want them to use.  I have a bad habit of "leading
into" what I want to say, and they invariably take
that intro and cut the rest (e.g. It's disturbing that
people will do this kind of thing, and...).  Lisa, I
believe, did a good job of saying what she meant, and
the reporter just asked her the same question over and
over until they got what they wanted.  Then they just
left out the list of serious incidents they asked me
for.

I think the Ch. 3 story at 6pm was okay in the end,
and even the DI story was okay.  At least it mentioned
the antiwar signs, and showed we are human beings,
etc.  And I think it's worth keeping track of this for
a little while and pursuing a follow-up story - just
to get the antiwar message mentioned once more.  But
we should never let this distract us from our purpose.

Ricky


--- Brooke Anderson <brooke at shout.net> wrote:
> Hi y'all,
> 
> I got a call from a reporter at the DI who wanted to
> do a story on 
> yard sign theft. She called me because she knows me
> from other 
> projects, but I told her that she'd do better
> speaking with y'all 
> since you're the ones distributing the yard signs
> and keeping track 
> of the vandalism, and so I gave her Ricky's email
> address since it 
> sounded like he was collecting the stats.
> 
> But, Lisa, if you want to call her or if others do,
> her name is Jen 
> Mulhallen and you can reach her at the DI newsroom
> at 244-2934.
> 
> I think that the media seem to grab onto this stuff
> because its 
> sensational, but I think it's important that if we
> get press on this, 
> that it not let it detract from the overall message
> of ending the war 
> asap. (I'm not saying anyone is doing this, cuz it
> sounds like things 
> are going alright so far, but I just thought I'd
> throw that in for 
> food for thought for the future).
> 
> Brooke.
> 
> At 4:38 PM -0600 4/1/03, Lisa Chason wrote:
> >Remember yesterday's story about the dead animals
> near the No War 
> >sign? Well, my kids came home from school this
> afternoon and said 
> >that at the house around the corner -- the only
> other house in the 
> >immediate neighborhood with a sign -- there was a
> dead squirrel on 
> >the sidewalk near the sign. I knocked on the door,
> happy to finally 
> >have a chance to meet this like-minded neighbor. He
> didn't know 
> >about our situation and said this was the 4th dead
> squirrel he had 
> >found next to the sign in a week and a half! He
> thought it was 
> >getting odd but still just a coincidence until I
> told him about what 
> >happened to us. He has called the police (they made
> a report and 
> >said they'd do some extra patrolling) and I called
> channel 3 news. 
> >Trisha Shephard, the newsperson who interviewed me
> yesterday, was 
> >very glad I called. They're busy with the election
> but will get a 
> >camera out tonight or tomorrow.
> >
> >This neighborhood is southeast Urbana, between
> Florida and Race. I 
> >live on S. Grange St, the new incident is on
> McHenry. Has anyone 
> >else in this area been experiencing such things and
> maybe now begins 
> >to see a pattern?
> >Lisa
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Brooke Anderson
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