[meteorite-list] Meteorite Wrong from Washington
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:33 2004 Message-ID: <121.24e72630.2c6d2167_at_aol.com> --part1_121.24e72630.2c6d2167_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en =20 > There is also a case for NOT educating the press on the exact ins and outs= =20 > of meteorite falls, phrases like =E2=80=98I burnt my hands=E2=80=99 =E2= =80=98it set fire to my=20 > garden etc=E2=80=99, are excellent ways of distinguishing false falls from= potentially=20 > genuine ones, as soon as all the press reports sound believable, we will b= e=20 > over whelmed with reports that would end up wasting all our time. Wait a minute. Stepping back from it a bit, I find it hard to believe=20 there's a compelling reason for WANTING the press to report falsehoods as tr= uth, no=20 matter what the subject matter of the story. If we can seriously justify=20 allowing (much less wanting) the press to lie because we've decided that it=20= helps=20 meteorite-hobbysits distinguish between likely reports and unlikely ones, it= =20 becomes pretty easy for ANYONE to justify fraud in the press, for any and al= l=20 convenient reasons that may come along. Surely that's a direction we want t= o=20 head AWAY from, not toward....and yes, even if it "ends up wasting our time"= . Gregory=20 --part1_121.24e72630.2c6d2167_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080"= style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"A= rial" LANG=3D"0">There is also a case for NOT educating the press on the exa= ct ins and outs of meteorite falls, phrases like =E2=80=98I burnt my hands= =E2=80=99 =E2=80=98it set fire to my garden etc=E2=80=99, are excellen= t ways of distinguishing false falls from potentially genuine ones, as soon=20= as all the press reports sound believable, we will be over whelmed with repo= rts that would end up wasting all our time.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2= FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> Wait a minute. Stepping back from it a bit, I find it hard to believe=20= there's a compelling reason for WANTING the press to report falsehoods as tr= uth, no matter what the subject matter of the story. If we can s= eriously justify allowing (much less wanting) the press to lie because we've= decided that it helps meteorite-hobbysits distinguish between likely report= s and unlikely ones, it becomes pretty easy for ANYONE to justify fraud in t= he press, for any and all convenient reasons that may come along. Sure= ly that's a direction we want to head AWAY from, not toward....and yes, even= if it "ends up wasting our time".<BR> <BR> Gregory </FONT></HTML> --part1_121.24e72630.2c6d2167_boundary-- Received on Thu 14 Aug 2003 01:31:19 PM PDT |
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