[NukeNet] Response to Nuclear bandwagon

[Michael Mariotte]

Roger, et al...
 
We have dozens of simple fact sheets on our website (www.nirs.org) covering just about anything anyone would want covered. Public Citizen also has several fact sheets. We soon we will be hosting a video of former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford taking on Patrick Moore, and we're going to promote that video heavily.
 
The problem is not the effort by DC based groups, it's that the media likes the dog bites man story, and claiming that enviros like nukes--despite the fact that it's not really true--is such a story....
 
Now we need to reverse the media tide by pointing out that the media has been wrong, and that enviros don't really like nukes--ie, man bites dog and dog bites back.....
 
All of the groups in DC you mention are actively engaged in this; it's hard, but we're all trying. Over the next year, NIRS will be putting out numerous Alerts and sign-on letters and statements; we need the largest possible reponse to those. In that way, we will wear down this stupid and untrue notion that enviros are rethinking nuclear power, and instead we'll be able to effectively argue that the grassroots environmental movement, as well as all DC groups that actually work on this issue, are united......
 
When we all work together, we can accomplish miracles....
 
best
Michael Mariotte
NIRS

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From: nukenet-bounces at energyjustice.net on behalf of Roger Herried
Sent: Fri 1/19/2007 6:17 PM
To: nukenet at energyjustice.net
Subject: [NukeNet] Response to Nuclear bandwagon



NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network (nukenet at energyjustice.net)

Dear NukeNet readers:

I've been actviely monitoring nuclear power related stories for years and
years. We are clearly witnessing a dramatic upswing in the promotion of
nuclear power by the corporate media.
Two years ago, I would see a couple of pro-nuclear articles a month. A year
ago, it might have gone to 10 a month, 6 months ago, it was 10 a week,
today, I'm seeing as many as 10 a day, promoting nuclear stories across the
country.

In an alarming turn, I noticed a good story critical to the nuclear power
industry yesterday on a progressive wire service, and yet 3 out 4 comments
were pro-nuclear.  In fact, they were almost all NEI canned promo campaign
styled packets just dropped in with all the latest "Here's why we need
nuclear" etc.

I think its about time, we start doing something about this in a bit more
organized fashion.  Where's our ten reasons why nuclear power is a bad
idea, or Patrick Moore nearly destroyed Greenpeace back in 1979 due him and
his friends Cocaine habbit in Vancouver, later becoming a flak for the
logging industry in Canada...

Isn't it time that either the national organizations that are opposed to
nuclear start countering this media rush, or we are going to be way behind
on this issue.  How hard is it for these groups, like Pubic Citizen, IEER,
UCS, Sierra Club, GreenPeace or NIRS is it to put out brief fact sheet,
comment in several different formats that can be easily shaped to fit the
usual, Promo about Patrick Moore, global warming, economics and safety
slogans I've been seeing over and over again???

Isn't it about time that we create an alert list where the latest media PR
push, gets a counter to the NEI stories?  The above groups are not helping
to counter this growing campaign. Isn't it time that they did!

R


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