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Re: #14 when journalism strays from the truth, it no longer is

by Tonico <Tonicopm@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jun 29, 2008 at 11:59 PM

On Jun 30, 8:36=A0am, plutonium.archime...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> --- quoting the Argus Leader story of Archimedes Plutonium ---
>
>
http://m.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20080629/VOICES/8..=
..
>
> On the streets of Vermillion, people call him Archie.
>
> In Meckling, where he lives, children call him Bee Man as he walks
> through town in a beekeeper's suit. But he keeps no bees.
>
> And online, where he is internationally famous, mathematicians and
> scientists call him a kook, a crank and a nuisance.
> --- end quoting ---
>
> Now I want to focus on this opening paragraph, not only because I
> never wore a beekeeper's suit, but
> I never owned one, and never touched one. I do have many mosquito net
> jackets like the ones
> fishermen wear in the wilds and creeks and streams to keep the
> mosquitos at bay. I wear a mosquito
> jacket over a T-****rt whenever I anticipate swarms while mowing or
> working near wooded areas.
>
***************************************************************

Well, well: you've finally attained fame, though not glory...yet.

And who cares what the children say? They see mosquito net jackets,
and the lil' bastards think it is a beekeeper suit. They're stupid!

Anyway, as they say: you're now internationally famous!

Regards
Tonio

Ps Save one autograph for me, please.
 




 20 Posts in Topic:
#12 Archimedes Plutonium on front cover of Argus Leader newspape
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-29 18:15:01 
Re: #12 Archimedes Plutonium on front cover of Argus Leader news
"Active Member"  2008-06-29 19:31:40 
#13 mistakes in the Archimedes Plutonium's story by Argus Leader
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-29 21:58:12 
Re: #13 mistakes in the Archimedes Plutonium's story by Argus Le
"Active Member"  2008-06-29 22:00:44 
#14 when journalism strays from the truth, it no longer is
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-29 22:36:36 
Re: #14 when journalism strays from the truth, it no longer is j
"Active Member"  2008-06-30 07:36:31 
Re: #14 when journalism strays from the truth, it no longer is
Tonico <Tonicopm@[EMAI  2008-06-29 23:59:45 
#15 what is the journalistic practice of letting in other voices
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-30 00:07:13 
Re: #15 what is the journalistic practice of letting in other vo
"Active Member"  2008-06-30 07:38:43 
#16 egregious newspaper reporter error "homemade cape"?; new boo
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-30 08:37:35 
Re: #16 egregious newspaper reporter error "homemade cape"?; new
"Active Member"  2008-06-30 11:55:12 
Re: #15 what is the journalistic practice of letting in other vo
Marshall <marshall.spi  2008-06-30 08:58:07 
#17 fascinated by hecklers and their psychological imbalance; ne
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-30 09:15:38 
Re: #17 fascinated by hecklers and their psychological imbalance
"Active Member"  2008-06-30 11:52:56 
Re: #15 what is the journalistic practice of letting in other vo
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-06-30 09:31:03 
Re: #13 mistakes in the Archimedes Plutonium's story by Argus Le
"porky_pig_jr@[EMAIL  2008-06-30 10:50:56 
Re: #12 Archimedes Plutonium on front cover of Argus Leader news
"Cwatters" <  2008-06-30 18:52:31 
#18 Archimedes Plutonium on front cover of Argus Leader newspape
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-07-01 01:23:12 
#19 a code-rule of bringing in outside comments in a story; Argu
plutonium.archimedes@[EMA  2008-07-03 09:54:48 
Re: #19 a code-rule of bringing in outside comments in a story;
"porky_pig_jr@[EMAIL  2008-07-03 19:19:14 

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