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NBC has been one of our regular advertisers and they have circulated a letter they want to share about an upcoming episode of Dateline.  The episode is about raising awareness about the dangers to children on the internet.  There’s also going to be a live on-air blog.

You can read the entire letter from NBC after the jump.

Dear Bloggers,

NBC would like your help in raising awareness about the dangers to
children on the Internet. On Friday, Feb. 3 at 9 p.m., NBC will
broadcast part 3 in a Dateline investigative series called "To Catch A
Predator."

Earlier this month Dateline wired a house with hidden cameras and
watched as members of an Internet watchdog group, Perverted Justice,
pretend to be 12 to 13 year old children chatting online. Within hours,
adults solicited the undercover operatives for sex.  Some sent graphic
sexual images to what they believed were minors. Soon, many of those
same men actually show up at the house for a rendezvous with the child.
In just three days, this hidden camera investigation exposed 51 men,
giving viewers a frightening glimpse at how widespread this problem is.

NBC is also adding an interactive element to this broadcast. Dateline
correspondent Chris Hansen will participate in a live blog during the
show, offering anecdotes, behind-the-scenes information and answers to
viewer questions. In addition to the live blog, NBC has prepared an
information page that including online safety tips,
links and an Internet safety contract for parents and kids (scroll to
the bottom of http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10912603/).

If your blog’s subject matter is in any way related to technology,
family or the Internet, NBC would like to encourage you to start a
conversation with your readers about the dangers of the Internet for
children. Please don’t feel obligated to promote Dateline. All we ask is
that you help raise awareness around  this issue. And if you have any
comments you think NBC or other viewers will find useful, please
participate in the live on-air blog.

Thank you.

Jon Accarino

jonathan.accarrino@nbc.com

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