--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > --- shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > > Here's the article in question, Billie: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/hmron > > > > > > I, for one, would indeed like to know what the nation's "top > > > scientists" thought of the movie...not JUST the 19 of 100 > contacted > > > who had seen the movie or read the book. Wouldn't you? > > > > Thanks for the link. I got the impression the article > > only gathered impressions from those who had seen the movie. > > > > "Those who have seen it had the same general impression..." > > > > Many had not seen the movie, hence, I would surmise, > > the relatively low number of citations vs. contacts. > > In light of the fact that only 19 of 100 contacted had seen the > movie, do you think it was fair of the AP to lead with: "The > nation's top climate scientists are giving 'An Inconvenient Truth,' > Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy." ?
"Some of the nation's top climate scientists who haven't seen Al Gore's documentary are giving it low marks for accuracy." Would that work better for you, Shemp? In other words: If you're giving a movie or a book marks for accuracy, it's *assumed* that you're among those who have seen the movie or read the book. AP could have written: "Of the nation's top 100 climate scientists who have seen Al Gore's documentary, all give it five stars for accuracy." Of course, that's what it *did* say if you read beyond the first two paragraphs. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
