OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > >From Mr. Lawrence, > > >> What disgusted me about the Hatoyama tale is the lack of indication >> that she saw anything surprising about it. >> > > Speaking on behalf of all the rational scientist types of the world, > your aversion to Hatoyama's "tale" is certainly understandable, even > from me who likes these kinds of flighty tales! ;-) > > I would only caution everyone to keep in mind that we are often spoon > fed "accounts" of this nature. Any news agency would have their own > agenda of deciding how best to edit/exploit interviews of such a > wacky/controversial nature. > > I suspect there are many interviewers who are held in check only by > the fear of maintaining some level of ethics, or rules of etiquette > that hopefully prevents them from later being sued. One can only > imagine an interviewer getting their hands on Hatoyama's tale and > deciding... Wow! Xactly how best can I milk this story for all it's > worth! >
Good point; one can't know what editing took place before the quote was aired. I will shut up on this topic, I've sneered at Ms Hatoyama far more than enough already.
