[meteorite-list] NYT article on Chebarkul meteorite

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:38:00 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8br=6_d7t3Z-cp80iGRgwgH8BEsh4tw0Xx=PqAgg9JEg_at_mail.gmail.com>

The NYT is tabloid pseudo-news along the lines of the National
Enquirer. They are the same publication that put out that hit-piece
against meteorites last year where all of us were declared as a "black
market" of illegal activity. It was little else besides slanderous
statements, half-truths, and propaganda. In my eyes, what shred of
journalistic integrity the NYT had (and that of the article's author)
went out the window after they published that mess.

I recall the IMCA even wrote a quasi-official (or official?) statement
to rebut the lies and errors in the NYT article. You know an article
is really really bad when the meteorite community feels it necessary
to put together and release an official rebuttal.

Of course, this NYT tripe will get picked up by tons of news wires and
aggregators who will republish and churn it back out endlessly.
While it's new, unknowing people will repost and "like" or "recommend"
the article Facebook, further spreading the misinformation via social
media. It's like a dirty herpes virus and I'm sure I won't be the
only today playing "damage control" on Facebook with this latest NYT
torpedo-job.

This type of event is what makes me excited to wake up every morning
and be involved in some small way with the world of meteorites and
meteoritics. It's the reason almost everyone reading this is a member
of a mailing-list like this - because Cherbarkul is what meteorite
falls are all about. This is good good stuff and I loathe to see
another rehash of the slanderous BS put out into the media. So if you
are reading this, and later on you see a discussion in a
forum/list/site somewhere about this event and somebody is quoting or
referencing these craptastic NYT articles - please chime in politely
but firmly and correct the misconceptions. It will be tedious, but
it's necessary.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 2/19/13, Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> A quote from the article: "While trade in material from meteorites is
> largely illegal, there is a flourishing global market, with fragments widely
>
> available for sale on the Internet, usually at modest prices."
>
>
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/world/europe/russian-scientists-say-they-found-meteorite-fragments.html?_r=0
>
> Phil Whitmer
> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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