Re: [TCML] Tesla Coil in Beijing: press release

[drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx (David Rieben)]

And it  isn't just the scripted outlets of the media that
"gets things wrong" either. As a professional emergency 
response member (firefighter), I have often personally re-
sponded to emergency incidents where reporters from
local television stations were there. Later, when I see
the footage of it on the local television news, I am
truly amazed at how inaccurately the details of the
incident are often portrayed compared to what I actually
witnessed as an emergency responder to the scene! 
Just the limited realm of my profession has really personally 
opened my eyes to the fact that the information that we 
accept as gospel truth just because we "saw (or heard) 
it on the news" often (usually) is NOT 100% factual. So 
"don't believe anything you hear, and only about half of 
what you see!

Sorry for the OT rant and  I'll get off my soapbox :^)

So, I assume the monster coil is still located in China?

--
David Rieben

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Hmmm is certainly right. 
> 
> Lessons learned here: 
> 
> (1) don't talk to media over the phone --- they will twist it all up. 
> 
> (2) don't talk about other peoples work --- refer them to the people 
> directly. 
> 
> (3) never trust the media reporters to get anything right. 
> 
> D.C. Cox" 
> 
> So what's new? Most of those guys don't care if it's correct or not and 
> neither do their editors. Unfortunately it's very common to hear someone say 
> "it must be true because I read it in the paper - they don't dare publish 
> lies".............! 
> 
> Question remains after all of this correspondence. Was there a big coil 
> at the Olumpics and if so whose was it? 
> 
> Ed 
> 
> 
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