[meteorite-list] Dave Shiflett-- no fan of the brenham

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 02:11:31 EST
Message-ID: <d6.61111e46.32ccb123_at_aol.com>

Dave and all,

No, the big rock did not sell yet.

And I am pretty sure the TV show that the story is supposed to
be quoting did not state that it "sold for a million dollars," only
that it is "worth about a million dollars." I just think the reporter
got his facts wrong.

Imagine that, a reporter getting their facts wrong.

I did count 3 errors in the Travel Channel show. There are a
couple errors in the Wired Magazine article. And I think the
Wired Science TV show got it pretty close, although I would
argue the finer details of some of the points in the show. I am
not even sure if any one of the many newspaper stories this last
15 months has got it 100% correct.

Newsweek had a ONE LINE quote in their Nov. 21, 2005 issue
on the big Brenham Kansas find, and you would think that they
could at least get that right, right?
 
Well, they got the one quote from me correct, but then they
credited the quote to: "Professional meteorite hunter Steve
Arnold, on his 1,400-pound find in Arkansas..."

OK, I guess an argument in their defense could be made that
"Kansas" can be found inside the word "Arkansas" so they
didn't get it all that wrong.

Reporters have a funny phobia of actually letting people they
interview proof read their stories. So virtually every story ever
printed or broadcasted in every article or program gets some
of their facts wrong.

And what you ask are these reporter's editors doing? I don't
know, I ask the same question.

Steve Arnold, P.M.H.
 
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In a message dated 1/2/2007 10:56:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
_dfreeman at fascination.com_ (mailto:dfreeman at fascination.com) writes:
"It won't bring as much as an earlier find: a 1,400-pound space rock
that resembles a massive, slightly rotting yam. Ugly is only skin deep,
however. This monstrosity sold for a cool million."
 
So, I didn't know the "rotten yam" had sold, is that true?
 
I like yams.
Dave F.
 
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Received on Wed 03 Jan 2007 02:11:31 AM PST