Hi Bob and List, It's not a blogger or blog, as the article said. It's a message board. The person who uttered the quote is a real person. I've been a member of that astronomy message board for years before I discovered meteorites (via Bob!). As I stated in the original message board thread, the person had no reason to feel the way he does about Gebel Kamil. The person was a relative newcomer at the time, and like many newcomers, will often read something and take it as fact. This was when Gebel Kamil was still new and the situation was developing.
The NYT writer can't even tell a message board post from a blog. We can't expect that same writer to know a crater from a pothole or a meteorite from a potato. The NYT has a history of not vetting it's articles, sources, or writers. It is tripe "journalism". Best regards, MikeG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On 4/5/11, Bob King <nightsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Besides the terrible reporting and obvious bias, I was curious about > the meteorite blogger in the article who said he/she was feeling > guilty. What?? We have no idea who this is or if that person exists. I > find it amazing the editor let that go through. > Bob > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
