(meteorobs) [meteorite-list] GA SC Bolide seems have producedalarge rock

[Jim Wooddell]

Hi all!

"It's very widespread"


And it really needs to stop.  The crying wolf syndrome is already occurring 
and some of these sites are becoming nothing more than hype and eye 
candy...and for what...hits on a counter???  Credibility is lost.  This is 
not journalism...it's junk reporting.  It's hype! Misleading and based on 
nothing that will do any of us any good.

Cheers!

Jim Wooddell

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) [meteorite-list] GA SC Bolide seems have 
producedalarge rock


> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Jake S <jakeschaeferml at gmail.com>
>
>> I think there is a chance there could be meteorites from this event. I
>> think it is highly misleading to say it "produced a large meteorite"
>> when nothing has been found yet...
>
> It's where pseudoscience meets journalism-as-it-practiced nowadays.
>
> You'll find nasa releases with headline type subject headings that are 
> often not reflected upon at all by the actual announce email's contents.
>
> It's very widespead.
>
> I  suppose one worry is that if enough cries about wolves are made, one 
> day a real wolf will be missed because everyone is thinking "yeah, right, 
> we've heard it all before".
>
> Cheers
>
> John
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