[meteorite-list] NYT story

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:52:02 -0700
Message-ID: <4D9BC742.5090009_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Thanks Bob for the link!

Just so everyone on the Met-List knows, because some may not follow this
thread or topic on other forums, I think Met-List members who won't
click the link to view this very long thread/topic would be interested
to know that the person who said that quote in the NYT article ?I?m very
ashamed,? the buyer wrote on a blog. ?I?m surely a part of the problem.?

also said this today!

----------------Begin Quote----------------------
"...Hi

I think the quote is from a post of mine.

I still 100% behind the statement and in the case of Gebel Kamil I
mostly agree with the article.

No matter if a sample is bought second- or third handed, it still very
wrong to do so unless it's legal, ethical and morally in order.

I my opinion it is a disaster that profit hunters or collectors spoil
such places like the Gebel Kamil crater.

And yes there's huge problems - It is possible to buy say, Canadian
samples, were the permits is not traceable to specific sample.

--------------------
Lars..."
----------------End Quote----------------------

He got one part absolutely right when he said "I?m surely a part of the
problem."

Not trying to be mean, but this kind of ignorance is what hurts our
hobby. It's worse even when it comes from within our community.

I will refrain from commenting further on this as I might say something
that might be construed as harsh.

Regards,
Eric




On 4/5/2011 6:06 PM, Bob King wrote:
> Hi Eric and list,
> Here's the thread:
> http://tinyurl.com/3kbowog
>
> Bob
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike, You said "at the time"... what was the date on that original post? And
>> how many comments were made afterward in that forum thread? Got a link?
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> On 4/5/2011 5:34 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bob and List,
>>>
>>> It's not a blogger or blog, as the article said. It's a message
>>> board. The person who uttered the quote is a real person. I've been
>>> a member of that astronomy message board for years before I discovered
>>> meteorites (via Bob!). As I stated in the original message board
>>> thread, the person had no reason to feel the way he does about Gebel
>>> Kamil. The person was a relative newcomer at the time, and like many
>>> newcomers, will often read something and take it as fact. This was
>>> when Gebel Kamil was still new and the situation was developing.
>>>
>>> The NYT writer can't even tell a message board post from a blog. We
>>> can't expect that same writer to know a crater from a pothole or a
>>> meteorite from a potato.
>>>
>>> The NYT has a history of not vetting it's articles, sources, or
>>> writers. It is tripe "journalism".
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> MikeG
>>>
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>>> On 4/5/11, Bob King<nightsky55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> Besides the terrible reporting and obvious bias, I was curious about
>>>> the meteorite blogger in the article who said he/she was feeling
>>>> guilty. What?? We have no idea who this is or if that person exists. I
>>>> find it amazing the editor let that go through.
>>>> Bob
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