[meteorite-list] Breaking news-- satellite hit

From: Bob Loeffler <bobl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:22:40 -0700
Message-ID: <20080223042122.158C710586_at_mailwash5.pair.com>

Hi all,

My opinion of the news media is that they SHOULD report the news the way it
was given to them. It's not their job to analyze or read between the lines.
If a journalist wants to write a story on it, then yes, they should research
it, analyze it and give us all the facts of both sides of the issue. But
not the news media. I think everyone gets the "news media" confused with
"entertainment media". In my brain, they are two completely separate groups
and have different functions.

And yes, I agree that journalism is getting worse and worse, but I think
it's because when they try to do the research, they aren't asking the right
people. When a correspondent goes out into the field to get reports of a
meteorite fireball (for example), they are asking the average Joe who knows
nothing about the event. "I was just sitting there on the porch and I saw
this bright light. It was pretty and it looked like it hit my neighbor's
house down the way." They tend to go for the "feel good" stories now
instead of the facts. Instead, maybe they should talk to 3 or 4 reputable
scientists in the area instead of Billy Bob and his dog "Woofer".

Getting off the soapbox now. :-) If there is a Billy Bob who has a dog
named Woofer and he is reading this, I wasn't referring to you.

Now back to the topic: Nothing new today about the shattered satellite on
MSNBC. Did they get bored with it already? :-) Have there been any
reports of re-entering debris?

Regards,

Bob

 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Francis
Graham
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:38 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Breaking news-- satellite hit

Bob wrote:
> The hydrazine aspect was a total smokescreen.
> Complete B.S., which
> news stations should have been embarrassed to report
> as the "main
> reason". The government/military was not in the
> least bit concerned
> about the hydrazine injuring or killing someone on
> the ground because
> it was not even a 6-sigma possibility. You should
> all be offended
> that the U.S. government thinks you are that stupid.
> Why couldn't
> they have just been honest: WE DON'T WANT ANY
> REMNANTS OF HIGHLY
> CLASSIFIED TECHNOLOGY ANALYZED BY UNFRIENDLY
> COUNTRIES. AND BESIDES,
> WE'RE SALIVATING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AN ABM
> AGAINST A
> DIFFICULT TARGET. It's really that simple. The
> timing of the
> intercept more or less proves it. --Rob

  Isn't that what I said on an earlier post?!?
  The news media seems willing to hire people who talk
through their nose and read Pentagon press releases
without any thought or analysis whatsoever. I'll bet
people at the Pentagon are even surprised. Journalism
has been going deeper into the abyss as the years go
by, it seems. Sigh.

Francis Graham
 




 
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