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Mike Everhart asked:
SNIP..."Any ideas why they [DISCOVERY Channel ad] jumped from the truly
ancient sharks all the way across the Cretaceous to show Carcharodon
megalodon?"...
In the mind of many (but not
all) media people, SIZE IS OFTEN ABOUT ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS?
Godzilla (and much film fantasy) aside, such is frequently the direction
of 'science' presentations in the hands of the media. How many
ads do we see that feature Compsognathus, Drinker, or other diminutive
dinosaurs? Both promotional people and producers have a penchant
to grab an attention-getting 'news handle' and forget (some don't even
give a damn) that BIG is only a small (They think LARGE of course.) part of
a story, or that the rest of the story holds real significance and
interest.
My dos centavos worth,
Ray Stanford
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