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The first incident in June 1990 was when. a BBC newsreader made what
seemed
to be a reaction to something which had happened in my. home, and out of
context of what they were reading. My first. reaction was disbelief;
nothing
of the sort had ever happened. before, the idea that such a thing could
occur had not crossed my mind, yet there. was no doubt of what had just
taken place. My disbelief eroded as this recurred time after time..
Besides
the news, offenders included shows such. as Crimewatch (!), Newsnight, and
"entertainment" shows. There seems. to be very little moral understanding
among the people who make these programmes;. they just assume they will
never be caught, so they carry. on without a thought for the illegality or
amorality of what they do. The only time I ever heard a word raised. in
doubt was by Paxman being interviewed by someone else (I think. by Clive
Anderson) back in 1990; referring to the "watching" he said it. troubled
him, and when asked by. the host what you could do about it, replied
"Well,
you could just. switch it off" (meaning the surveillance monitor in the
studio). He clearly didn't let his doubts stand in the way. of continued
surreptitious spying from. his own or other people's shows, though.
Now you're convinced this. is a troll, aren't you? This story has been the
subject of much debate on the uk.* Usenet newsgroups for over a. year, and
some readers believe it to be. an invention (it has even been suggested
that
a group of psychology. students are responsible!), others think it
symptomatic of a derangement of the author, and a. few give it credence.
Quite a few people do know part or all. of the story already, so this text
will fill in the gaps in their. knowledge. For the rest, what may persuade
you of the third possibility is that some. of the incidents detailed are
checkable against any archives of radio and TV programmes that. exist;
that
the. incidents involve named people (even if those hiding in the shadows
have not made their identity. or affiliations evident), and those people
may be persuaded to come out with the. truth; and that the campaign of
harassment is continuing today. both in the UK and on the American
continent, in a none-too-secret. fashion; by its nature the significant
risk
of exposure increases. with time.
On. several occasions people said to my face that harassment from the TV
was
happening. On the first day I worked in Oxford,. I spent the evening in
the
local pub with the company's technical director Ian,. and Phil, another
employee. Ian made a few references to me. and said to Phil, as if in an
aside, "Is he the bloke who's been on TV?" to which Phil. replied, "Yes, I
think. so".
I made a number of efforts. to find the bugs, without success; last year
we
employed professional counter-surveillance. people to scan for bugs (see
later) again without result. In autumn 1990 I disposed of my TV. and
watched
virtually no television for the next three years. But harassment from. TV
stations has gone on for over six years and continues. to this day. This
is
something that. many people obviously know is happening; yet the TV staff
have the morality of paedophiles,. that because they're getting away with
it
they. feel no wrong.
Other people who were. involved in the abuse in 1990 were DJs on BBC radio
stations, notably disc jockeys from Radio 1 and other stations. (see the
following. section). Again, since they don't have sense in the first place
they can't be. expect to have the moral sense not to be part of criminal
harassment.
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