CBS/Face The Nation...today's topic is Y2K

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Watch the next Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer on Sunday, February 28 at 10:30AM ET. (Check local listings.)

Coming Up: Sunday, Feb. 28 The Y2K Problem, and, Hate Crimes

Our scheduled guests on the Y2K problem: Edward Yardeni, chief economist, Deutsche Bank Securities; Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, chairman, Senate special committee on the Y2K technology problem; Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn, vice chairman of the special committee.

Our guest on the topic of hate crimes: Morris Dees, chief trial counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center.

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-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), February 28, 1999

Answers

Y2k-hate crimes, hate crimes-y2k, y2k preparers-hate mongers??? What message is CBS trying to get across to the herd today?

-- yoop (me@myputer.com), February 28, 1999.

It stunk !! Bennet and Dodd did the typical political, mealy mouthed, whinning commentary and ALL steered wide of any meaningful reporting , Just more 72 hour bump in the road ... the power grid will be fine ... it's the other countries ... deflect any meaningful responses. Dodd was visably squirming when anyone else had a question to answer that might have revealed the true nature of the circumstances that we know. Keep your money in the banks , folks ; Yardeni, clinton and the Morgans don't want to have any lines at the bank when they come for theirs. Eagle (watching the nest) Got mouse traps ??

-- Harold Walker (e999eagle@freewwweb.com), February 28, 1999.

It was hard to concentrate on the messages because the woman newscaster kept laughing. If you taped it and did not notice, watch and listen again. With most question and statements, you can hear her laughing even if you can not see her. It was very distracting for me.

Overall, I rated it a 4. Not much new. Yardeni did well. Sen. Dodd focused on a "severe storm" scenairo. Bennett said he feels ths grid will stay up. There might be problems with rural utilities.

-- Linda A. (adahi@muhlon.com), February 28, 1999.


It will "air" in CA in 15 minutes.

Can hardly wait. Thanks for comments on what to pay attention to.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), February 28, 1999.


Linda,

Yes, I noticed the annoying laughter too. Also, did you notice how heated she seemed about the hoarding and having cash on hand issue.

There really wasn't that much time to get a meaningful message across.

Did you also, notice Yardeni talking about the need for leadership from a higher level on this?

-- Anon (anon@zzz.com), February 28, 1999.



Kevin,

I seem to remember you posting messages earlier this morning when the thread headers had gone hay-wire.

Did that happen or not? --Or was I in such a dazed stupor due to the late hour that I imagined it all?

I was relieved to see that everything got sorted out when I logged back on.

-- Anon (anon@zzz.com), February 28, 1999.


Things looked hosed - dates were missing for any question wihtout a 2/28 answer and only questions asked today seemed to be under new question. Strange - looks ok now though.

-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@net.com), February 28, 1999.

You can bet your sweet bippy that the pablum spewed on Daze the Nation is not the same information that causes the Senate to discuss this matter in closed sessions.

-- Puddintame (dit@dot.com), February 28, 1999.

Anon,

I'm not kevin, but a malicious little hacker wannabe with the handle Maryjo did hose this BB early this morning. He/She put in a header that changed all the BB fonts to Wingdings, then stayed on to post a few veiled threats about doing something even more destructive next week. It really sucks that there are people like that.

-- Wanda (lonevoice@mailexcite.com), February 28, 1999.


The lead story on CBS radio network news at 3 PM was the Y2K comments on "Face The Nation". The radio news said the government is taking Y2K seriously, and that Americans should have extra food and water, and keep copies of their financial statements.

Also briefly mentioned on the radio news was a chance of brownouts and whether Russia would be able to determine if their country was safe if their military computers have problems.

Y2K doesn't usually lend itself to soundbite reporting. The CBS radio news was a rare case of condensing being helpful. The "walk-a-fine- line" comments made on "Face The Nation" were left out.

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), February 28, 1999.



I will admit, the report was lame...it was lame to me because I have done so much research on the topic and knew everything that was covered, as did all of you.

To someone totally unfamiliar with the topic at hand, I'm sure the preception was quite different. This is by no means the last time this issue will be discussed in the media. I predict it will be adressed with more seriousness each week. I'm just happy that it is getting some airtime that doesn't include shots of survivalists heading for the hills, with very credible individuals on the panel.

As far as the laughter goes, it struck me more a of the nervous type more than anything. After all, the lady did ask an important question: "How do we know what we are reporting is in fact the truth"? The answer? To paraphrase, "You don't. That's the whole problem".

If you were expecting a huge revelation from this program, then you were setting youselves up for disappointment from the start.

Small steps...

R.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), February 28, 1999.


How did you like that remark about Mr. Yardeni "wanting it to happen." It makes me so mad when someone immediately jumps to that conclusion because you take Y2K seriously.

-- gilda jessie (jess@listbot.com), February 28, 1999.

At least you've actually been able to watch it, "lame" though it may be. Took me a little time to track it down, but I eventually found that my local CBS affiliate runs "Faze the Nation" at (wait for it...)

1:30AM Mondays!

Sheesh...

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.com), February 28, 1999.


Here's a news article the the CBS site with info on today's "Face The Nation":

http://www.cbs.com/prd1/now/template.display?p_story=131707&p_who=netw ork

An Unhealthy Millennium?

Dodd: Doctors' Offices Not Compliant With Y2K

Important Records, Equipment Thought At Risk

WASHINGTON Sunday, February 28,1999 - 05:52 PM ET

CBS Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)

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(CBS) Concerns for the nation's health care system are at the top of a soon-to-be-released Senate report detailing the how the U.S. is coping with the Year 2000 computer glitch, or "Y2K Bug."

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), who headed the Senate's investigation along with Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT), told the CBS broadcast Face the Nation that 90% of the 800,000 doctors offices in the U.S. are not prepared to deal with the issue at all.

At the very least, Dodd says, the bug could impact critically important medical records. Ominously, some medical devices and equipment could also be at risk.

"There are some 9,000 to 11,000 medical devices sold in the United States -- made offshore in some cases -- that are date sensitive or have embedded chips in them," Dodd said.

Dodd said dialysis machines and heart monitoring equipment that aren't compliant with Y2K could shut down, read information incorrectly and cause serious problems.

And the problem isn't necessarily restricted to older equipment.

"We've even found in some cases here with medical devices that have been made in the last year or two, where this information has been available, that there is a Y2K problem, this equipment has not been fixed," he said.

"When you get into urban or rural hospitals, the problem is a serious one. More affluent hospitals are able to get the new equipment but we are very worried about what happens in the rural or urban situations."

The Senate's report, which will be released this week, will also look at potential nuclear dangers and financial threats posed by Y2K.

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-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), February 28, 1999.


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