[meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:53:52 -0700
Message-ID: <4AB8F310.1010601_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hi Darren, List,

That is perhaps the worst reporting and story I've read on meteorites to
date. Not to mention the "expert opinion" from the University of
Birmingham's "Meteorologist".. ???Really???

Headline should read:
"Lucky kid astronomer listens to spacemen and finds hot and holey moon
rock in backyard!" and a meteorologist confirms? What does meteorology
have to do with meteorites???? ;)

Any other ideas for headlines appropriate for this article?

Regards,
Eric




Darren Garrison wrote:
> Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation that
> there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your
> monitor.
>
> Photo in the link.
>
> http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/
>
>
> 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world
>
> Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham
>
> STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes to
> be a meteorite landed in his grandmother?s back garden.
>
> The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out of
> the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window.
>
> He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered an
> unusual looking rock.
>
> It was the size of his hand and covered in holes.
>
> ?I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to fetch
> the tongs,? said Bruno.
>
> ?I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot.
>
> ?It?s very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it wasn?t
> in the garden before.? The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its
> structure on the internet.
>
> ?I think it?s a meteorite,? he said. ?I know from listening to spacemen that
> meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores ? just like this one.?
>
> Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmother?s house to practise his English,
> is a sports student at Solihull College.
>
> He said he was ?really excited? to find the moon rock.
>
> ?I?m very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to
> find a meteorite,? he said.
>
> Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was ?very
> likely? that the rock fell from outer space.
>
> ?The earth?s orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last
> few weeks so I?m not surprised,? he said. ?We?ve had a lot of people witnessing
> shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy.?
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