tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post5147716647048799374..comments2023-08-19T06:19:28.990-04:00Comments on the nytpicker: Huh? Using Anonymous And Dubious Sources, NYT Wonders Whether Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Is Really That Bad.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-24921562954124581852010-05-06T11:54:33.211-04:002010-05-06T11:54:33.211-04:00Thank you thank you thank you. I was beginning to ...Thank you thank you thank you. I was beginning to think I'd lost my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-7557807207497489272010-05-05T03:58:54.387-04:002010-05-05T03:58:54.387-04:00Your views on this topic are really interesting an...Your views on this topic are really interesting and give a clear cut view. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!Guavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317907266006167845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-72250648678947085672010-05-04T18:33:50.059-04:002010-05-04T18:33:50.059-04:00The question that matters most is Will the oil inv...The question that matters most is Will the oil invade the tidal marshes, wetlands and coastal zones. At that point we're into a industrial calamity with chernobyl overtones. Capping the gusher with concrete, cleaning up the worst, evacuating residents, and dealing with the cancer and diseases sure to follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-65456225400122850802010-05-04T17:06:09.940-04:002010-05-04T17:06:09.940-04:00My sentiments also. In addition: This is not a l...My sentiments also. In addition: This is not a limited "spill" from a tanker as the captions on page A17 suggest, this is a "blowout"- i.e. a gusher from an uncapped well connected to an oil reservoir under high pressure (see e.g.Wikipedia); The quote about gunky black tides from Overton was probably outdated well before publication but was used anyway. And why was the 2009 West Atlas oil rig "spill" off the Australian coast not mentioned?<br /> Also I somehow don't see how coming in second to Valdez in terms of number of gallons dumped into the oceans would somehow make things better.jansvechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568611477906942682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-61834797667964995762010-05-04T16:37:43.565-04:002010-05-04T16:37:43.565-04:00Sorry to disagree with the common wisdom here, but...Sorry to disagree with the common wisdom here, but I think the concept for of the analysis was OK but the legwork was poor. I don't find anything wrong with trying to put the spill into some sort of immediate perspective, given the apocalyptic nature of many stories in recent days. However, the use of unidentified sources in a non-national security piece, as well as industry-influenced spokesmen, cuts the underpinnings out from the thrust. Too bad. I like being reminded of similar events that, even though within the last decades or so, have already receded from the common knowledge bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-56548531950866412002010-05-04T14:12:03.608-04:002010-05-04T14:12:03.608-04:00The Times coverage of this story is despicable. My...The Times coverage of this story is despicable. My guess is that Pinch laid down the parameters of debate and announced he would brook no deviance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-30557434991204098062010-05-04T13:41:28.705-04:002010-05-04T13:41:28.705-04:00Sounds more like a Slate article.
I emailed the p...Sounds more like a Slate article.<br /><br />I emailed the paper recently about a story that called both the post-Katrina crisis and the oil spill a "natural disaster." The standards editor refused to address the characterization of the oil spill, but he did have a snotty comment for people suffered in 2005:<br /><br />http://afrolicofmyown.com/?p=1070Frolichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722051788821610527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-20247098067432964802010-05-04T13:27:31.258-04:002010-05-04T13:27:31.258-04:00And now the story about the Gulf oil catastrophe h...And now the story about the Gulf oil catastrophe has disappeared off the front page of the internet edition. To make room, I presume, for the Tony nominations.Terencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-47083503446577359602010-05-04T12:30:54.835-04:002010-05-04T12:30:54.835-04:00you think that article's bad? Check out today...you think that article's bad? Check out today's blog piece "Waiting for the Oil Spill to Reach the dinner Table" for "sources." My favorite is this paragraph: <br /><br />"Paradoxically, next month had been set for the kickoff of both the New Orleans Oyster Festival and the Louisiana Seafood Festival. Int he Crescent City, 'I know just how much this disaster is going to sting,' said Mr. Brown, who once cooked in Begue’s Restaurant on Bourbon Street. Seafood 'is a huge part of not only the economics, but the culture of New Orleans.'"Lorinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09522611604977656760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-47391605243013335712010-05-04T12:20:05.644-04:002010-05-04T12:20:05.644-04:00Knock it out, you're ruining my lunch. How muc...Knock it out, you're ruining my lunch. How much to remove the pic of suffocating birdie, huh? Name your price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-89927909195291769132010-05-04T10:09:16.516-04:002010-05-04T10:09:16.516-04:00Wow!!!!
What a great blog. I found it trying to t...Wow!!!!<br /><br />What a great blog. I found it trying to track down info on the LSU professor. Keep up the great work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-36699182634864107342010-05-04T09:07:18.187-04:002010-05-04T09:07:18.187-04:00THANK YOU. Couldn't believe my eyes when I rea...THANK YOU. Couldn't believe my eyes when I read this yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-23452268771406866082010-05-04T08:39:39.501-04:002010-05-04T08:39:39.501-04:00"Why would the NYT feel compelled to present ..."Why would the NYT feel compelled to present an essentially pro-industry story on its front page, so soon after the spill and the public outcry over its effects? It's hard to know."<br /><br />Good question. [Wonder what the haters will offer up ... aside from nitpicking spellchecks.]Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658466320690980920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-88004851395670600052010-05-04T08:22:24.370-04:002010-05-04T08:22:24.370-04:00Sorry to NYTPIck NYTPicker, but it's "dev...Sorry to NYTPIck NYTPicker, but it's "devastating" not "devestating". Well, you got it right once in the same paragraph in which the misspelling occurs; however, I thought NYTChecker software would have caught it. (As I write this, the offending word is underlined with a bright red dotted line).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com