--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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?
Yes, that would have been alot more accurate. > > 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. ...but that's precisely my point: it is my understanding that the first paragraph, in particular of a news item, is supposed to fairly represent the entire article. You're an editor...is this not true? And that first paragraph did NOT accurately reflect what was written in the rest of the article (aside from the fact that the 19 probably did NOT all say that they gave it five stars for accuracy...but that's another issue). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/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/
