[meteorite-list] Dave Shiflett-- no fan of the brenham

[MeteorHntr at aol.com]

Dave and all,

No, the big rock did not sell  yet.

And I am pretty sure the TV show that the story is supposed to 
be quoting did not state that it "sold for a million dollars," only 
that it is "worth about a million dollars."  I just think the reporter 
got his facts wrong. 

Imagine that, a reporter getting their facts  wrong.  

I did count 3 errors in the Travel Channel show.   There are a 
couple errors in the Wired Magazine article.  And I think the 
Wired Science TV show got it pretty close, although I would 
argue the finer details of some of the points in the show.  I am 
not even sure if any one of the many newspaper stories this last 
15 months has got it 100% correct.

Newsweek had a ONE LINE quote in  their Nov. 21, 2005 issue 
on the big Brenham Kansas find, and you would think that they 
could at least get that right, right?   
 
Well, they got the one quote from me correct, but then they 
credited the quote to: "Professional meteorite hunter Steve 
Arnold, on his 1,400-pound find in Arkansas..."  

OK, I guess  an argument in their defense could be made that 
"Kansas" can be found inside the word "Arkansas" so they 
didn't get it all that wrong.

Reporters have a funny phobia of  actually letting people they 
interview proof read their stories.  So virtually every story ever 
printed or broadcasted in every article or program gets some  
of their facts wrong.

And what you ask are these reporter's editors  doing?  I don't 
know, I ask the same question.

Steve Arnold, P.M.H.
 
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In a message dated 1/2/2007 10:56:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
_dfreeman at fascination.com_ (mailto:dfreeman at fascination.com)   writes:
"It won't bring as much as an earlier find: a 1,400-pound space rock  
that resembles a massive, slightly rotting yam. Ugly is only skin deep,  
however. This monstrosity sold for a cool million."
 
So, I didn't know the "rotten yam" had sold, is that true?
 
I like yams.
Dave F.
 
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