The answer to your question, "is there any way to educate these
people?" is "no."
Anyone who has ever been involved in a newspaper reported
event knows they NEVER get it "right." For them to "become
educated" requires an incident or series of incidences that goes
on for weeks and weeks. The more "competition" (TV, Radio, newspapers
magazines, etc) there AND the longer the "air time" (in terms of
days, weeks and months) the more they SLOWLY become somewhat
more sophisticated.
BTW, just as a matter of interest: when you have a fall such as
this with dozens and dozens of stones, it IS a SORT of "shower." Just
not in keeping with the common usage of terms regarding falls.
Best wishes, Michael
on 3/31/03 8:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a proposition can anyone anywhere please tell me why every time there is a "meteorite fall" the media repeatedly calls it a meteor shower? I mean we all know what a meteor shower is. Is there anyway to educate these people? They are supposed to be the ones reporting the news and educating others. I know this seems to be no big deal but think of it like this. Every time one of these ill informed media outlets makes a statement about a meteor fall and calls it a "shower" it's usually reported in the morning before most go to work or school. Work and school is where everyone including teachers spreads the false information like wildfire. Im just curious does this bother anyone else but me?
Thanks,
Ron
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so
certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell
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