NEVER let FACTS get in the way of a GOOD "story"! And that is just what this "newscast" is ... a good "story"! Too bad there are not facts to back it up!
-----Original Message----- >From: Count Deiro <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 30, 2010 12:39 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: [meteorite-list] anyone know Steven Curry? LUNAR METEORITE STORY > >Dear Editor, > >Being in the business of disseminating news to the public you must be >concerned that your reporting be factual. I don't take any pleasure in >stating, unequivocally, that the statements made by Mr. Curry as to his having >found a lunar meteorite containing fossilized life forms are patently >ludicrous. > >By not checking the story out with recognized experts....say at your local >institution of higher learning's geology, or astrophysics. department, the on >Channel 8 news team has been victimized by a hoax and made a laughing stock in >scientific circles. More importantly, your viewers have been grossly >misinformed. > >The gentleman may honestly believe he has found meteorites, but he is deluded. >The samples shown on the televised reports are so "meteorwrong", as to >"meteorite", that meteoriticists and collectors who viewed the apecimens >guffawed. > >Journalists being fed phony "I found extra-terrestial life" stories happen far >to often and these publiahed fabrications make things difficult for those >pursuing livelyhoods in the aquisition and classification of meteorites, and >those who are engaged in publicizing accurate peer reviwed information. > >As a member, but not acting as a formal representative, of the International >Meteoritical Society and the International Meteorite Collectors Association, I >respectfully ask that your news team investigate more thoroughly this >gentleman's extraordinary claims using the free resources of these respected >organizations. I would be happy to point you toward the information sources >that would shed light on the accuracy of the claims. > >The mere fact that NASA wasn't banging on this chap's front door should have >given reporters cause to seek further confirmation. > >http://www.kjct8.com/news/25571622/detail.html > >Sincerely, > >Count Deiro >IMCA 3536 >(702) 396-4700 off. >[email protected] > > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
