Monday, May 17, 2004
When the Ignorant Editorialize
An alert reader notes another bit of military-medie editorial cluelessness--this time from Ann Hughey, writing for Bloomberg news:
The shell in question was a 155mm artillery shell. Now, if Hughey, or her editor, Edward DeMarco, or anyone else who saw that copy before it hit the wires had any military background, they would have known that there is nothing "small" about the shell. In fact, it's the biggest field artillery shell in common usage today.
It's so big, in fact, that Hughey couldn't comfortably carry one out to the garbage by herself: the standard high explosive version of the 155 shell weighs nearly 100 pounds, and has a lethal fragmentation radius measured in football fields.
Just another instance of the lack of newsroom diversity distorting coverage of the news.
Splash, out
Jason
(P.S., you can email the reporter and editor at ahughey@bloomberg.net and edemarco1@bloomberg.net, respectively.)
May 17 (Bloomberg) -- A small shell containing Sarin nerve gas was discovered and partly detonated in Iraq today, U.S. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said during a briefing televised from Baghdad.
The shell in question was a 155mm artillery shell. Now, if Hughey, or her editor, Edward DeMarco, or anyone else who saw that copy before it hit the wires had any military background, they would have known that there is nothing "small" about the shell. In fact, it's the biggest field artillery shell in common usage today.
It's so big, in fact, that Hughey couldn't comfortably carry one out to the garbage by herself: the standard high explosive version of the 155 shell weighs nearly 100 pounds, and has a lethal fragmentation radius measured in football fields.
Just another instance of the lack of newsroom diversity distorting coverage of the news.
Splash, out
Jason
(P.S., you can email the reporter and editor at ahughey@bloomberg.net and edemarco1@bloomberg.net, respectively.)
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