[meteorite-list] NYT story

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:53:07 -0700
Message-ID: <4D9BB973.7080308_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Mike, You said "at the time"... what was the date on that original post?
And how many comments were made afterward in that forum thread? Got a link?

Eric


On 4/5/2011 5:34 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote:
> Hi Bob and List,
>
> It's not a blogger or blog, as the article said. It's a message
> board. The person who uttered the quote is a real person. I've been
> a member of that astronomy message board for years before I discovered
> meteorites (via Bob!). As I stated in the original message board
> thread, the person had no reason to feel the way he does about Gebel
> Kamil. The person was a relative newcomer at the time, and like many
> newcomers, will often read something and take it as fact. This was
> when Gebel Kamil was still new and the situation was developing.
>
> The NYT writer can't even tell a message board post from a blog. We
> can't expect that same writer to know a crater from a pothole or a
> meteorite from a potato.
>
> The NYT has a history of not vetting it's articles, sources, or
> writers. It is tripe "journalism".
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 4/5/11, Bob King<nightsky55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> Besides the terrible reporting and obvious bias, I was curious about
>> the meteorite blogger in the article who said he/she was feeling
>> guilty. What?? We have no idea who this is or if that person exists. I
>> find it amazing the editor let that go through.
>> Bob
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