[Sca-cooks] Here we go again- that old rotten meat myth

[Kate Wood]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> I think you guys better reread that article gain, and release your
> knee jerk reactions to the rotten meat myth.
>
> It is quite apparent that the author is relying on what the people
> s/he met said about  Nazis and spices and rotten meat. Obviously,
> whoever was talking to the media ought to have their mouth duct taped
> shut, but there's no reason to blame the reporter for writing up and
> printing whatever they were told.
>
> If you note, the reporter has been told that:
>
> 1. College students are no longer supporting the SCA at the U.
> 2. Someone cooked a feast using rotten meat like they did in the MA.
> 3. People who work towards greater authenticity are Nazis.
> 4. Only one person showed up for the sewing session.
>
> What are the odds that these three things are related? That, for
> example, the reporter only talked to the person who showed up for the
> sewing, who was so negative regarding 1, 2  and 3, and possibly
> several other things, that no one wants to show up for the sewing
> activities, and possibly anything else?
>
>
> --
> Saint Phlip

Since when is "journalism" showing up to a single meeting of a group
and transcribing whatever some random person tells you?

Kate