* Forwarded from "Adult Links - SysOps 042" * Originally from Bob Schmedake * Originally dated 10-30-90 17:30 * Original: FROM.....Sue Setley (100/380) * Original: TO.......All (100/520) * Forwarded by.......OPUS 100/520 Here is the transcript. I downloaded it from another board. ASSUMING, that is, I can manage to put it up here. This is try number two (after 15 I'm going to stop reporting how many times I've tried! - grin) Downloaded from Electronic Communications 39/50: Transcript of KSDK Newscast Name: Night Writer #80 @13454 Date: Wed Oct 24 06:32:20 1990 Well, here is the transcript of what I recorded off the channel 5 news this evening concerning the occult-related bulletin boards. I missed the first 10 seconds or so, but managed to record most of it. The story is narrated by Deanne Lane, of KSDK (channel 5) News. It begins with Deanne talking in the newsroom with a picture of a keyboard and monitor in the background and the word "Occult" printed across them. START DEANNE: "...several of these programs because they say children as young as 12 are gaining access to them. Among the bulletin board systems in question - 'Weirdbase', 'PaganNet', and 'Threadfall'. Participants we spoke with say they are virtually harmless. Parents argue they can lead to drugs and lead their children away from home. That's what happened to the family you are about to meet. They are concealing their identities." SILHOUETTE OF MAN EMOTIONAL OLDER MAN: "It makes you mad you don't know what happened necessarily. It um, you worry, you're afraid that they'll be hurt." BACK OF WOMAN'S HEAD AS DEANNE SPEAKS DEANNE: "This woman claims her son ran away after being enticed by the controversial computer systems. As we reported, anyone with a computer, phone line, and modem can get involved. Users claim the programs deal with witchcraft and pagan religions. But they admit some youngsters can get in too deep, as this 15-year-old runaway explains." GARBLED PICTURE OF YOUTH YOUTH: "I guess they can get hooked on it and, um, start spending too much time in it and, um, ignoring other parts of their life and, um, some people can get just carried away with the... they think they can get power out of the magic." CAMERA PAN OF OCCULT AND MAGIC BOOKS ON TABLE DEANNE: "But his grandmother and the police officers who picked this 15-year-old up say the most frightening aspect of these computer subcultures is that they are a way for older users to lure youngsters and that could lead to drugs and alcohol." SILHOUETTE OF OLDER MAN OLDER MAN: "I think it's more sex than anything, I'll be frank with you. And I think there's a trend of it, let's face it. I'll be very frank about it, I think that the... it's kind of a feather in their cap to get the young virgin." DEANNE: "And this advice from a concerned mother:" SILHOUETTE OF WOMAN EMOTIONAL OLDER WOMAN: "They never give up, and um, that they try and do whatever they can and do the right thing." DEANNE BACK IN NEWSROOM DEANNE: "And as we mentioned last night at 10, keep an eye on what's going on. The [missing word - sic] of the woman we spoke with there said her son would be up 24 hours a day, in the middle of the night, when everyone else was sleeping, communicating with these older people and it led to problems." END * Origin: Yellow Submarine - 415-481-2806 - CAPAL (1:161/69)