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Originally Posted by iceman
Funny stuff  Astronomy in the media can be so so wrong sometimes |
Too right Mike! I get very nervous when a TV crew comes along to work. Sometimes they simply use our displays as a backdrop and say their bit to camera but if something dodgy is said and goes to air then our credibility goes down the gurgler. I like to peruse their speeches before thay make them and correct any clangers.
Last year, which was a leap second year, a reporter came along and interviewed the boss about leap seconds etc. The reporter and I were chatting while the boss was being filmed looking up at our big sundial when the reporter asked me if sundials were the most accurate time keepers in the world!! Nooooo...there is a thing called
clock !!
Sometimes we have to prepare statements which are then read by others who have ZERO astronomical knowledge. Sometimes these people think they can ad lib with interesting results.
"Comet Hyakutake is the brightest comet seen in our atmosphere since..."
I'm very glad it never got that close
Peter.