I couldn't get past the first couple of paragraphs. Seems to me if you plan to publish anything, even if it's "just" online, you should learn the English language better, hire an editor, or just shut up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@trilobyte.net> To: "utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:49 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Media's Hype Distorts NASA's Reality | Here's an editorial I found on the web. It seems a bit too "in your | face" for News, but we here on UA seem to enjoy such a read now and then | (and maybe it'll get us thinking of something other than politics | dictating what "science" is. <grin> ). | | "Recently I read a headline stating: "The world holds its breath for the | shuttle landing..." But Who were holding their breaths? NASA? The | Discovery astronauts? Or me? I think none of us! This is a grave | distortion of reality, created by the media for their own commercial | purposes." | | Continued at http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05zt.html . | | Patrick | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |