[meteorite-list] PA fall media hype

[Notkin]

Dear Mike:

So, when other people are featured in the media while searching for  
meteorites you start tub thumping about it, but it's fine for Mike  
Farmer to use the media when it is convenient for him?

During the West, Texas hunt you and your team were in the papers  
repeatedly, front page even. I didn't hear any complaints then. The  
"Waco Tribune" did a big piece in which you talked about how you  
bought a West (Ash Creek) stone during a secret meeting in a local gas  
station for "more than $10.000" in cash. Most of that article focused  
precisely on how much the West meteorites were worth:

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/03/17/03172009wacmeteor.html

I am sure I don't have to remind you that the newspaper story caused  
plenty of local problems. Some landowners right away figured they  
might have a $10,000 meteorite on their property too, and land was  
closed off to hunters.

You were also the subject of magazine features in "Fortune" and  
Southwest Airlines magazines, and many other prominent publications --  
very good articles and photos, by the way, and I have complimented you  
on them in person. So, if media pieces are about you it is fine, but  
you are "sickened" when others get some coverage? Please explain.


Geoff N.

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