[meteorite-list] Moon Dust

From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:35:23 -0700
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The only profession that sees less professionalism and integrity is a
politician. It hurts to see blatant lies spread with such easy.

-Michael in so. Cal.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Phil and List,
>
> It is sad that there is so little professionalism and integrity left
> in mass-media journalism now.
>
> Maybe the WP author should get a Pulitzer like that fool who did that
> hit piece on meteorites for the NYT.
>
> Come to think of it, there are several members of this list who are
> far more deserving of an award for their journalism than either the WP
> or NYT. ?(seriously)
>
> Hopefully I won't spend the next two days defending meteorites on
> Facebook like I did after that garbage NYT article made the rounds.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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>
> On 6/23/11, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > This story has already gone viral. The Washington Post, considered by many
> > to be an impeccable souce, (rightly or wrongly) just misspoke the truth
> > twice.
> >
> > "It is illegal for individuals to own moon material."
> >
> > "The woman said she was unaware of the history of the dust, and gave it up
> > to authorities. Regency-Superior Auctions president David Kols said the
> > company knew it was illegal to own moon rocks, but not moon dust, and once
> > he learned all lunar material was illegal to possess, the auction was
> > cancelled."
> >
> >
> > Phil Whitmer
> >
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Received on Thu 23 Jun 2011 08:35:23 PM PDT