[PRCo] Re: The Tartan

[Matt Barry]

"Matt" didn't write that article.

But, Matt was interested by the responses it rec'd.   Glad it got this group 
going!
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From: <trams2 at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Tartan


> You would not know from Matt's article that he actually interviewed me 
> before he wrote it.  Many things were mangled in the translation.  "Real" 
> newspapers indeed have similar problems in reporting what they are told. 
> I can recall just two in which I was involved that came out as they were 
> supposed to over the years...one at the time Drake was abandoned and a 
> second when we got the material from Rankin Car House.
> It's sunny today in Seattle...two days in a row.  The weather people are 
> just as accurate as the news media!
>
> Ed
>
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> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>
>> AMAZING ISN'T IT DENNIS, THAT THE NEWSPAPER IS WRITTEN BY COLLEGE
>> KIDS WHO SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET THE FACTS CORRECT BECAUSE THE OBJECT
>> IS TO GET A DECENT GRADE.
>>
>> BUT AS MY LONG TIME FRIEND JIM HENWOOD DISCOVERED, KIDS TODAY ONLY
>> CARE ABOUT GETTING THROUGH THE CLASS AND NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARN.
>> HE RETIRED WHEN HE COULD NO LONGER GET KIDS TO PASS EXAMS IN A
>> UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN HISTORY CLASS THAT HE ONCE GAVE TO HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
>>
>> On Feb 23, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Dennis F. Cramer wrote:
>>
>> > Why is it so many journalism writers constantly make so many
>> > mistakes? What
>> > ever happened to getting the facts straight? I get frustrated when
>> > I see
>> > mistakes after mistake that should not have ever gotten away.
>> >
>> > A 29 year old journalism major did an article on me here at
>> > Purchase and
>> > there are more things incorrect than correct. Major music
>> > magazines going
>> > out to educators that have cover photos printed backwards are
>> > constantly
>> > showing up in the mailbox.
>> >
>> > Yes, I make mistakes and they have shown up in the PTM calendar and
>> > my book.
>> > God (and most people) knows I am not a perfect musician. A few
>> > years back
>> > there was a stress reducing book entitled something along the lines
>> > of Don't
>> > Sweat the Small Stuff. We need to learn to sweat the small stuff
>> > and the
>> > big stuff looks easy.
>> >
>> > Dennis Fred Cramer
>> > Trombone
>> >
>> >
>> >
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