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April 6, 1991
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Ms. Kim McCarthy, Producer
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'REAL LIFE WITH JANE PAULEY'
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National Broadcasting Company
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30 Rockefeller Center
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New York, NY 10020
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Dear Ms. McCarthy:
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I write in response to your recent program on scanners and their use.
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You have done a great disservice to the industry and hobby of radio by
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depicting the use of scanning radios as insidious devices used only by
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social deviants. Clearly no effort whatsoever was put into showing the
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law-abiding uses of such equipment, and the satisfying hobby radio
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monitoring can be. Indeed, your editorial left the uninformed viewer
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with the clear opinion that ALL uses of such equipment are illegal,
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immoral, and impolite.
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May I point out that 'news' departments such as your own and your member
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stations utilize this equipment on a daily basis to glean information
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for broadcasts. Under the law, certain of these activities are
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themselves illegal, but they go on in great measure. Why was this
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'news' area overlooked in the 'report'?
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By reviewing the tape made of the broadcast, I have made careful note of
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the sponsors of this show, and have contacted each expressing my
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dissatisfaction with your gross misrepresentation of the facts, and
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informed them that I will curtail purchase of their products until such
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time a correction is broadcast.
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Sincerely,
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Kenneth W. Hane
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