[meteorite-list] NYT story

From: karmaka <karmaka_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:51:47 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <1503618028.273873.1302018707872.JavaMail.fmail_at_mwmweb066>

Hello Carl,

thank you for giving us your view on the matter. What you said explains the biased nature of the NYT article.
One must ask the question why the reporter was so biased or what, or who, made him write this article.
Instead of investigating an issue he apparently had a preconceived idea from the start of his 'investigation'.
As you are someone who was interviewed for the article it might be a good idea to clarify things in a letter to the editor.
Do you think this could be an option for you?

Best wishes

Martin


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: "Carl Agee" <agee at unm.edu>
Gesendet: 05.04.2011 17:28:10
An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] NYT story

>Since I am quoted in this article, here?s my reaction to it. The
>reporter seems very confused, in that he lumps together a story about
>the Gebel Kamil crater in Egypt and the legal meteorite trade (NWA)
>based primarily in Morocco. During the interview with him I spent a
>fair amount of time trying to explain to him how beneficial the NWA?s
>have been for planetary science research. For example, I mentioned how
>the number of rare Angrite meteorites has more than doubled due to
>African finds ? a huge enhancement to our understanding of the early
>solar system, and of course I mentioned all the lunars and martians,
>and other rare classes. I told him that I was not terribly well
>informed about the Gebel Kamil crater situation, but in my opinion the
>highest priority would be to protect the impact structure from
>degradation as these are quite rare on Earth. I also told him, that
>the Gebel Kamil meteorites on the other hand, are probably not hard
>to come by, and I?m sure if I wanted to study one for research, I
>could get a sample at a reasonable price or even get one as a
>donation from a collector, which museums benefit from frequently. I
>did get the feeling that he was hoping to hear something negative from
>me. As such he ended the interview rather quickly, but said something
>like ?oh, the NWA meteorites sounds like an interesting story, I need
>to come back to that at a later time?. So of course I was
>disappointed to see what mess the final NYT version was.
>
>--
>Carl B. Agee
>Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>MSC03 2050
>University of New Mexico
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>
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