I have to disagree Mark. When they change 2 meter social distancing to 6 ft it is censoring, they changed it to what they think it should be, otherwise if it were a conversion it would be 6 ft 6 inches. I wrote to the journalist to ask why it was 6 ft when she’s reporting from New Zealand, she wrote back and said that 2 metres was what was in her submission, someone in Washington changed it.
Mike Payne > On 11 May 2020, at 14:28, Mark Henschel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you should keep your subscription and continue to pepper them with > letters, emails, tweets and texts when they do nonsense like this. I see this > is quite common because journalists are convinced the reading public is too > stupid to understand an article that contains metric units only. Some > publications are changing, but if more people such as yourself let them know > you WANT to see metric units, it might have an effect. Better than having no > voice at all. > MArk Henschel > > > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C1b235f5074554df826a108d7f5cce973%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637248132746929173&sdata=kqe1%2BLoAGmOHEtj9T%2BMtrw%2FjZqFaJECzErWWK8n44aI%3D&reserved=0> > Virus-free. > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C1b235f5074554df826a108d7f5cce973%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637248132746929173&sdata=m9xwILMCQwM8TO7OpZWorRxke6r4b%2BWl7zx9Kaofpuw%3D&reserved=0 > > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C1b235f5074554df826a108d7f5cce973%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637248132746929173&sdata=kqe1%2BLoAGmOHEtj9T%2BMtrw%2FjZqFaJECzErWWK8n44aI%3D&reserved=0> > <x-msg://1/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 1:18 AM Michael Payne <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello, > > I wrote to the Washington Post around the 7th April 2020 regarding your > changing the social distancing from 2 metres to 6 feet in an article on New > Zealand (This now becomes Fake News). Now I see you've censored the article > Over 1,000 queue for food in Geneva by changing 1 kilometer to more than half > a mile in the original Reuters article. > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnation%2F2020%2F05%2F09%2Fcoronavirus-update-us%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C1b235f5074554df826a108d7f5cce973%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637248132746929173&sdata=BnraK1w7gaZ4sldh30e1EXe%2BDI8exNOmngmx0jeDlnk%3D&reserved=0 > > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnation%2F2020%2F05%2F09%2Fcoronavirus-update-us%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C1b235f5074554df826a108d7f5cce973%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637248132746929173&sdata=BnraK1w7gaZ4sldh30e1EXe%2BDI8exNOmngmx0jeDlnk%3D&reserved=0> > I subscribe to the Washington Post, I understand the United States does not > use metric units in everyday life, but I refuse to condone your censoring > stories from elsewhere to match your Style Guide, which is obviously out of > date. > > I know Hospitals in the United States use kilograms and Celsius for all > patients. All Pilots and Air Traffic controllers in the United States use > Celsius only for temperature at every airport in the United States. Every > mechanic who works on a car or airplane uses millimeters because that's what > size all the bolts and clearances are. I could go on, many many people in the > United States understand and use the metric system every day, except the > Washington Post ! > > I believe in supporting good journalism, but I'm not going to put up with > your censoring articles to omit the units I prefer. > > I've cancelling my subscription which renews the 25 May. > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > <https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma>
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