Cousteau (fwd)

[Prof Alan E Strong]

More on Cousteau...

Al -

Tnx for the clip.  Keying off the  "He didn't always get his facts right"
sentence -- I remember I was at a UNEP conference in the 70s on
Mediterranean pollution.  Cousteau was there, went for a swim in the Med
and then proclaimed that the Med was dying. The conference was heavily
covered by the press, and they were hurting for a story. The next day
almost every European newspaper had headlines like: Cousteau Proclaims Med
is Dead. The man had to quickly retreat, retract and say something like
"it was only a local problem". He sure got attention!  UNEP got just what
it wanted.

Kent Hughes


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