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From: mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Re: Deadly green canister?
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 23:46:24 EST
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In article <795@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>> ... 
>
>	Apparently someone at the San Jose Mercury not only can't read, but
>has an almost non-existant knowledge of chemistry.  Nitrogen tetroxide is

It appears that the Merc is only guilty of printing without verifying.
Since another poster posted the same article word for word from the
New York Times, I believe we have either AP or UPI to blame for this.

>	My point in the above diatribe is not to pick apart some newspaper's
>individual article, but to illustrate a much wider point:  Beware of ANYTHING
>technical which appears in the daily press!  
>


Yes, there are an awful lot of technical errors in the newspaper. But
I found it more interesting that there were several postings of the
"what could be so dangerous" type posted one or two days after, the
article appeared in probably half of the newspapers in the nation.

What I'm trying to saying is, is it worse to read the paper and get
some real info ( the tanks really did contain hydrazine and nitrogen
tetroxide ) mixed with garbage. Or to get your news strictly from
the t.v. and radio and get so much less info?

Mike

P.S. sorry to net.columbia readers, I realize this is in the wrong
group, I just can't think of a better place, it's late.

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