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- From: Janice Zazinski <JANICEZ%MITVMC.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
- Subject: Call NBC Re: Domestic Violence
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.201233.22612@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:12:33 GMT
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- This message has been passed around several lists and I thought it was
- appropriate for ACTIV-L:
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- >From POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU!JRYCENGA Wed Jan 20 11:52:44 1993
-
- For political activists, or media watchdogs, or just concerned
- women, here's a quick something you can do to help prevent
- and stop domestic violence.
-
- Super Bowl Sunday - which this year is January 31, here in southern
- California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - is the single worst day
- for domestic violence in the USA. There is an increase of as much as
- 40% in the volume handled by domestic violence shelters on this
- day.
-
- To try to stem this tide of violence, the Women's Action Coalition (WAC)
- of Los Angeles is supporting the campaign by Fairness and Accuracy in
- Reporting (FAIR) to convince NBC (the network carrying the game) to carry
- two Public Service Announcements on domestic violence during the
- Super Bowl this year. Anna Quindlen of the New York Times wrote a
- fine editorial in the 1/17/93 edition of the Times supporting this
- effort as well.
-
- What I am asking of you - and all your friends (please PLEASE cross-post
- this to _any_ lists you can think of) - is to help us with a FAX/LETTER
- blitz on NBC, asking for these PSA's. Here is a sample letter:
-
- Dick Ebersol
- President, NBC Sports
- NBC
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza
- New York, NY 10112
-
- Dear Mr. Ebersol:
-
- I would like to add my support to FAIR's request that you air two
- Public Service Announcements
- on domestic violence during the Super Bowl game. The Super Bowl is one
- of the most widely viewed
- television events of the year; it is also the day, according to women's
- shelters, when calls for help
- increase by as much as 40%.
-
- Your broadcast of the Super Bowl will reach a huge audience. By airing
- PSAs, NBC will be
- bringing a national audience's attention to the critical issue of
- domestic violence.
-
- Sincerely,
-
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