[meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story

From: countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <3047070.1253635781706.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Is that a "zit" on that kid's face, or did he just stick a yellow pin in it? Ugh! I don't know what looks worse, that thing he's holding, or his body ornamentation.

Count Deiro

-----Original Message-----
>From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>Sent: Sep 22, 2009 11:53 AM
>To: cynapse at charter.net
>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
>
>Hi Darren, List,
>
>That is perhaps the worst reporting and story I've read on meteorites to
>date. Not to mention the "expert opinion" from the University of
>Birmingham's "Meteorologist".. ???Really???
>
>Headline should read:
>"Lucky kid astronomer listens to spacemen and finds hot and holey moon
>rock in backyard!" and a meteorologist confirms? What does meteorology
>have to do with meteorites???? ;)
>
>Any other ideas for headlines appropriate for this article?
>
>Regards,
>Eric
>
>
>
>
>Darren Garrison wrote:
>> Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation that
>> there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your
>> monitor.
>>
>> Photo in the link.
>>
>> http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/
>>
>>
>> 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world
>>
>> Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham
>>
>> STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes to
>> be a meteorite landed in his grandmother?s back garden.
>>
>> The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out of
>> the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window.
>>
>> He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered an
>> unusual looking rock.
>>
>> It was the size of his hand and covered in holes.
>>
>> ?I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to fetch
>> the tongs,? said Bruno.
>>
>> ?I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot.
>>
>> ?It?s very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it wasn?t
>> in the garden before.? The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its
>> structure on the internet.
>>
>> ?I think it?s a meteorite,? he said. ?I know from listening to spacemen that
>> meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores ? just like this one.?
>>
>> Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmother?s house to practise his English,
>> is a sports student at Solihull College.
>>
>> He said he was ?really excited? to find the moon rock.
>>
>> ?I?m very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to
>> find a meteorite,? he said.
>>
>> Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was ?very
>> likely? that the rock fell from outer space.
>>
>> ?The earth?s orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last
>> few weeks so I?m not surprised,? he said. ?We?ve had a lot of people witnessing
>> shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy.?
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