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

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi,

    As to what is on the minds of the "hairdo's," 
er, I mean, the reporters, that's anybody's guess. 
Maybe a hint can be found in the little blurb on 
the KCET video site, where this segment is 
described: "Adam Rogers finds a meteorite in 
Kansas." Is that the best description of the 
"news" story? Say, didn't that Arnold guy 
actually "find" those meteorites? Details,
mere details...
    Where were those headlines in the 1940's that 
read: "Edward R. Murrow finds Luftwaffe in Skies 
over London"? Or "Walter Cronkite Finds War in 
Vietnam"? The "story" is supposed to be about 
"the story," fellah.
    Editors? What editors? TV has only producers, 
not editors.
    Kudos to Steve and Geoff for their successful 
ju-jitsu in getting as much of the reality into the piece 
as they did. It's a performance skill, and they 
performed the job very well.
    Encore, encore.


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dave Shiflett-- no fan of the brenham


> 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.
> 
> ***********
> 
> 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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