On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:59:02 kilopascal wrote: >2002-04-08 > >Why didn't they interview or report on any of the businesses that are >metric? Or on the businesses that buy and use metric products? Or the >metric products we as consumers use daily? And to report on the value of >these products, both industrial and consumeral. And even to report on the >losses to American industry that isn't metric. Are they afraid they would >find something upsetting to the general public? > >I wonder how many Americans would be shocked to find that the metric system >is used a lot more than they think. And if the country is flooded with >billions of dollars in metric products, that would have to show that the >"experiment" of the '70s did not fail, but is just hidden from view. > >It seems they go out of their way to provide a biased report of metrication >being an old idea from the '70s that completely failed instead of showing a >more balanced report showing where it succeeded and the economic effect of >those successes. This is nothing more than yellow journalism. >... This is dead on. I really am extremely upset at this deception practice by American industries, *especially* the automotive industry. And this type of behavior by ignorant and biased journalists is also very troublesome. Unfortunately though executives at the media pay lip service to this stupidity.
Perhaps we should call the attention of those more responsible folks in the media that have a higher reputation for telling the truth "even if it hurts"... and ask them to run the *real* story... Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
