[meteorite-list] Moon Dust (The Correction button)

From: Yinan Wang <veomega_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:47:53 -0500
Message-ID: <BANLkTimO2ouyFYYb39b9TiQiis8BzX005w_at_mail.gmail.com>

To List and all:

Instead of using the comments section, you can use the "Correction"
button that is on the WP article's page.

Here is where the link leads:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/interactivity/corrections/

With enough "corrections" sent, maybe they'll realize how bad that AP
article is.

-Yinan



On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> The WP article's comment thread is now overrun by racists with a
> political axe to grind and a bunch of lunar-landing conspiracy nuts.
>
> Between the racism and the ignorance, it will be impossible to post a
> comment that corrects any misconceptions printed in the article. ? I
> posted a comment about the legality of lunar meteorite material and it
> was buried under an avalanche of hillbilly racism and moon-landing
> nutjobbery.
>
> I cannot help but cringe for our nation when we represent ourselves in
> such a fashion.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 6/24/11, Yinan Wang <veomega at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Before people start going off on the WP and shaking their angry fists,
>> notice that it's an AP article.
>>
>> Essentially someone at the Associated Press writes it, various papers
>> subscribe to it and just pull material and publish it as filler.
>>
>> Yes, the WP should probably fact check the articles they pull, but
>> like most major newspapers, they don't have the time. It's a minor
>> human interest story that probably made page 12 of section B of the
>> newspaper or something.
>>
>> -Yinan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:53 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
>> <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I thought the dust on the tape was the only legal to own and sell NASA
>>> lunar material.
>>>
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/missing-moon-dust-found-in-st-louis-auction-business-returned-to-nasas-johnson-space-center/2011/06/23/AGhR1zhH_story.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil Whitmer
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Received on Fri 24 Jun 2011 11:47:53 AM PDT