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Re: Reports on Radio Shows
From: "John W. Ratcliff" <jratclif@inliink.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:09:37 -0800
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Glenn Campbell, Las Vegas wrote:
> All a listener needs to do is paraphrase what the guest said, e.g.
>
> Joe Smith appeared on Art Bell last night. Said world will come
> to end on Oct. 31. Said aliens are bloodsucking reptilians who
> want our women.
>
> This can be followed by a list of specific claims made by Smith.
>
> The report can be as long or short as you have time for, but it
> should be neutral. Don't say what you think of Smith's claims,
> just tell us what he said.
>
I agree completely. This is something I have been hoping to see. Art
Bell has to fill the airwaves every night for hours and hours on end, so
he stretches things as long as he possibly can. I find it far too
exhausting to listen to, but on the other hand obviously some people are
listening to much of the programs. I have nothing against Art Bell
personally, it seems he simply provides a forum for people to speak.
Sometimes they are interesting, like say Edgar Mitchell and Linda Howe,
and often times they are not. Sometimes they are absolutely grotesque
to listen to, like Richard Hoagland. That is not to say that after 6
hours of Hoagland pontificating that I might not be interested to hear
that "Hoagland says aliens are going to land in Pheonix on Thursday"
or..."Hoagland says that the Mars Pathfinder was hoaxed." I don't need
the 6 hours of babbling, just that one sentence would be fine.
Recently Art Bell travelled to Egypt and met with Awi Hawass. I would
love a couple of paragraph summary of what, if any, actual "news" he has
from those meetings, without having to actually listen to him for a week
stretching his stories out for as much airplay as possible.
I know I'm being selfish here. I have no patience to listen to him or
his guests for hours and hours on end. However, if something was said
of consequence I would find it interesting to read a brief summary.
Since some people, evidently, *are* listening to this show it would be
very kind of them to write such a brief summary and post it.
