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Yet Again Another "Inconvenient Truth"
When we last visited this issue the producer of the Hollywood "documentary" An Inconvenient Truth denouced a science teacher's group as being in the pay of Exxon-Mobil when it refused to distribute 50,000 copies of the film.It turns out that Laurie David lied, or at least omitted some important facts. From the NSTA website: On November 26, the Washington Post printed an opinion piece from environmental activist Laurie David, a producer of the film "An Inconvenient Truth." In her op-ed Ms. David reports that NSTA rejected the opportunity to distribute 50,000 copies of the DVD to NSTA members. During conversations with Ms. David's representative we suggested making the DVD available via alternative means of distribution (e.g. by providing a mailing list of our members to producers, announcing its availability in our publications, etc.). It appears that these alternative distribution mechanisms were unsatisfactory. It was not the intent of the NSTA to restrict "An Inconvenient Truth" from its members and we are currently pursuing options to make the DVD available to teachers. Oops. Posted by: badanov 2006-11-30 |
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