Journalism 101: Get it Right.
BLOGs are partly for venting and I’m about to do it. Let’s illustrate the sloppiness, carelessness and laziness of modern “journalism” with a prime example. First, note the fact that there is no such place as Westwood, OK. Yet that didn’t hinder Bryan Walsh from Time in making a seemingly small but utterly inexcusable mistake [...]
Read more →The Myth that Storm Chasing Saves Lives
Fair-use excerpt for commentary purposes, from Storm Chasers: On the Trail of Deadly Tornadoes by Matt White Along with book entries, such as the one above, recent media and BLOG stories* have offered the gross and unsupported over-generalization that storm chasers “save lives”. Bullcrap! Look: I used to live in Missouri, and I say, “Show [...]
Read more →Example of A Common Copyright Violation in Storm Photography
Ignorance is no excuse. This photo, at some point, was stolen from its owner and propagated without his permission.
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