Quote Originally Posted by Omisson View Post
To win the media over requires an active outreach PR campaign with them, where the good works, safety & training, and other positive stories are properly press released and followed up on.

Again, just offering an outside the Florida cave community perspective...

Dan
Good point Dan. I wish the media liked to discuss the positives,but it really doesn't sell copy. When there was an effort underway to open Wakulla springs and there was a public meeting scheduled,the media was very myopic in their reporting. Hoping that just once they would be unbiased in their reporting I emailed data on the safety and benefits of cave diving to their local economy,of course I was ignored. When I even sent an letter to the editor to provide a alternate view,it was ignored. The lyrics to the song by Don Henley,"Dirty Laundry",sure ring true.