"Fort Alcatraz?" Topic
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StoneMtnMinis | 28 Mar 2019 1:44 p.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 28 Mar 2019 3:17 p.m. PST |
"New archaeological research" reveals that there was a fort before the prison? No one involved could, say, read a book? I'm going to hope this was some journalist blithering and not that the archaeologists have somehow forgotten to do basic research before they arrive on site. (Incidentally, the old Air Force History Program taught the same thing: doing an interview before you'd read up on the person you interviewed was a waste of everyone's time.) |
Editor in Chief Bill | 28 Mar 2019 3:49 p.m. PST |
They knew there was a Civil War fort, but they didn't know that foundations remained. Probably assumed everything was obliterated when the prison was built. |
KeithRK | 28 Mar 2019 5:13 p.m. PST |
I don't know. The very first paragraph of the article…. Alcatraz may be best known as the prison that held notorious criminals such as Al Capone and George Kelly Barnes (Machine Gun Kelly) in the early years of the last century, but new research reveals that the prison was built on the site of a military installation dating back to the mid-1800s. |
Old Contemptibles | 29 Mar 2019 9:46 a.m. PST |
Maybe a journalist slightly exaggerating to make the article more dramatic. |
robert piepenbrink | 29 Mar 2019 3:50 p.m. PST |
Bill, what you write is quite reasonable. I would say even probable. But it's not what the article says. Rallynow, for drama, we have a category of writing known as "fiction." When I read non-fiction, I expect accuracy to have precedence. Nor do I regard inserting complete falsehoods as "slightly exaggerating." If I know the journalist has misinformed me in his first paragraph, just how much credence does the rest of the article deserve? |
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