[BC] Broadcasters and their community

[Kevin Raper]

On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:29 AM, Barry Mishkind wrote:

>*No* on-air
>       person is ever deserving of anonymous attacks.
>       No on-air person deserves having their home
>       address placed on "social media" so people can
>       go by and commit any of several actions that
>       they would never do if people knew who they were.

Agreed. If a viewer has a Gripe, they should send a Copy to the FCC and one to the Public File of the Station.

>       Still, there is no call for the sort of attacks that
>       happened in DC.  It is the harbinger of how
>       social media has been morphing from
>       a gossip stream to an instigator of mob
>       mentality and conduct. This is not good for
>       society in general ...

Locally, a TV News show reported on how College Students were using Twitter to report where all of the Cops are, so they can illegally Drink.

73,
Kevin Raper
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