Re: (erielack) Group discusses past and future etc

[Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com]

Tim,

You're right.  Reporters usually take what a "historian" says as gospel,
rather than verifying it with another souce (if one exists), which is both
time-consuming and probably thought to be unnecessary (by the reporter's
editor).  I'm sure that papers like the New York Times will double- and
triple-check the facts, but the smaller papers, like the Herald, will crank
out the stories and God only knows to what extent they got it right (or
wrong).  The problem is that the general public probably doesn't know the
difference.

Chuck



                                                                                                                                  
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In fairness she may be accurately reporting what the local "historian" told
her.  I have run up against one of these in my town.  He has many "Facts",
most are wrong or exaggerations of the truth.  But he has been around for a
while and sells little "history" booklets, so the press goes to him often.


Tim

- -----Original Message-----
From: Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
Sent: Oct 20, 2005 7:13 AM
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Subject: (erielack) Group discusses past and future etc

I recall reading about another derailment that spilled pigs on the ground,
this one on the Greenwood Lake line around 1974 and the pigs had wheels.
Let's not be too hard on the reporter; she reports on what's discussed, and
most likely had a copy deadline and didn't have time to research even if
she
was so inclined.

Paul B

A few residents remembered when the train derailed and spilled a bunch of
frozen pigs on the ground.

"I still remember those pigs," said Glenn Wershing, vice president of the
Green Township Historical Society. "They were beautiful. Nice and white."


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