Re: [Phys-l] Earth's magnetic field

[William Maddox <maddox@physics.Auburn.EDU>]

From: WC Maddox

For those who have a problem with Fox News try CNN at 
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/12/shift-of-earths-magnetic-north-pole-affects-florida-airport/?iref=allsearch.

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n 1/14/2011 9:57 AM, John Denker wrote:
> On 01/14/2011 08:30 AM, LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
> > The airport wasn't closed in the sense of being decomissioned. It
> > simply shut down until January 13the for signage changes and
> > repainting of runway numbers.
> OK, that's what I said.
>
> If you think that's what the cited article said, that tells me
> quite a lot about you.
>
> > Fox News was accurate as usual
> Again, that tells me quite a lot about you.
>
> >   but
> > here is another reference for those with Fox Derangement Syndrome.
> OK, now I understand what Fox Derangement Syndrome is.  If I
> giggle at a rampantly ludicrous article, I must be suffering
> from Fox Derangement Syndrome ... even if the most ludicrous
> parts of the article are attributed to the Tampa Bay Tribune
> and not even indirectly attributed to Fox.
>
> Impartial observers will note that I never even said Fox made
> a mistake.  For all I know, Fox could have gotten it right and
> merely been misquoted by Yahoo!News ... and I never said otherwise.
>
> But why let facts stand in the way when there is an opportunity
> to accuse someone of Fox Derangement Syndrome.
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