NBC 5 DFW News

[Shoob]

Hello, everyone. I've been a lurker on the forums for a while and just created my account. As such, I don't have permission to post in the News forum. However, I saw a brief report on e-cigs this morning on NBC 5 News for Dallas/Ft. Worth. It was the same propaganda spewed from the FDA but without any mention of rebuttal from ECA/ECF. So, I sent them this through they're Contact Us form:

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Your report on e-cigs this morning was very misleading and inaccurate. The FDA found ONE trace of diethylene glucol in ONE cartridge out of 19 that was manufactured by ONE company. There are varying brands of e-cigs and liquids, most of which use propylene glycol, which is safe and has been approved by the FDA for use as a food additive.

In addition, the so-called "cancer causing agents" that were reported is an unsubstantiated claim. The nicotine carcinogens found in e-cigs (which are also found in regular cigarettes, gum, patches, etc) has never been identified as a cause of cancer.

At the end of the news piece, you gave some standard statistics about cigarette related deaths, however you failed to mention how those deaths are related to the story pertaining to e-cigs. E-cigs are not a smoking device. They do not emit smoke. Therefore, the smoking statistics do not apply. Only if you had mentioned how those numbers would be reduced due to smokers transitioning to e-cigs would it have made sense.

For fair and balanced news, why not have a follow-up with someone on the pro e-cig side? Someone like Dr. Michael Siegel, a physician who specialized in preventive medicine and public health. His reply to the FDA's press release can be found here:

<url to the The Rest of the Story: tobacco News Analysis and Commentary inserted here>

I look forward to seeing the follow-up piece on NBC 5 News.

Thanks,
<my real name>
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I don't see the news piece on their website (can't post a link, sorry). Just thought I'd share.

Thanks!

 

[SudokuGal]

Good for you! And welcome.

 

[Pitt]

Fin A, man.

 

[Tori]

Very nice!! I doubt they will acknowledge and do any kind of follow-up on the TRUTH. They simply go by the word of the FDA which is crap

 

[Shoob]

I received the following reply from NBC 5 DFW today:

I am forwarding your note to our national team since this is where the
story originated. I have also forwarded it to our producer responsible,
thank you for the email. You raised several very good points.

Eric Kreindler
Sr. Executive Producer
NBC Local Media | NBCDFW.com
LOCALS ONLY.

I don't know if anything will come out of it or not but at least one person in the media read it and actually took the time to reply (a Sr. Exec. Producer, at that). So, that's a good thing.

Will post here if I hear anything further.

 

[SantanzChild]

not a bad response. The fact you got an actual response makes me feel a little bit better even if they dont actually do anything.

 

[Shoob]

To the moderator that moved this thread for me,

Thank you!

 

[Our House]

Nice work Shoob. Good luck getting them to recant.

 

[Flitzanu]

too bad they didn't have a link to the story, we could have bombarded them with emails

 

[PTJD]

To the moderator that moved this thread for me,

Thank you!

Your welcome!