From: Timothy Newsham <newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 93 01:15:22 PDT
To: binder@well.sf.ca.us (Matt Binder)
Subject: Re: reporter seeking interview subjects
In-Reply-To: <93Sep17.230857pdt.14382-4@well.sf.ca.us>
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> 
> Hi, my name is Matt Binder.  Please help me...
>         I'm a radio reporter in the SF Bay area working on a series
> of pieces about invasions of privacy in the computer age.  I'm
> looking for interesting "case studies" that I can use to horrify
                                                           ^^^^^^^^
> my listeners out of their complacency.  My most immediate need is
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> to find someone whose medical records were used (perused!)
> improperly, and/or whose records were incorrect and resulted in
> the denial of insurance, employment, loans, adoptions, etc.  But
[...]

Just what I love from the media, using sensationalism to convey a
preconceived idea instead of looking at the facts and reporting it.
Does it matter that he is reporting on our side and not the other
side?