[meteorite-list] Fwd: Meteorite hunter takes £10,000 rock to auction - And a part

[Paul H.]

In "Fwd: Meteorite hunter takes £10,000 rock to 
auction - And a part at 
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg114325.html
Rob Elliott is quoted:

"Sadly, some journalists don't let the facts get 
in the way of a good story!!"

An example of this is the story that I found in the 
sidebar to the "Meteorite hunter takes £10,000 
rock to auction" on Astro Watch at

http://www.astrowatch.net/2013/08/meteorite-hunter-takes-10000-rock-to.html

In the sidebar, there is a link to "Bosnia 
'meteor' intrigues new generation in wake of 
Russia strike" at:

http://www.astrowatch.net/2013/02/bosnia-meteor-intrigues-new-generation.html

In this story, a everyday sandstone concretion is
touted as a possible meteorite along the same old 
tire claims, i.e. it allegedly being "It was so 
hot that it was impossible to approach,” that a
person hears about just about every “witnessed”
meteorwrong.

In this case, this pseudoscience did not come from 
the Guardian, but from “The Telegraph” in “Bosnia 
'meteor' intrigues new generation in wake of Russia 
strike (A mysterious rock at a quarry in central 
Bosnia has seen a spike in visitors in the wake of 
the meteor explosion over Russia last week.) 
February 24, 2103 at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9890814/Bosnia-meteor-intrigues-new-generation-in-wake-of-Russia-strike.html

A person would think that before publishing this
story that a newspaper like The Telegraph would
consult a geologist before publishing local 
folklore as news. Obviously, that was not done.

In case of both articles, I get the impression that
someone, somewhere, neither wanted the facts to 
confuse  their readers nor obstruct the writing of 
an entertaining story.

Yours,

Paul H.