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> I wrote a puff piece about Petrofsky–based primarily on interviews with him and materials supplied by him and Wright State–published in the November 1983 issu
by makmanalp 13y ago
> I wrote a puff piece about Petrofsky–based primarily on interviews with him and materials supplied by him and Wright State–published in the November 1983 issue of The Institute, the monthly newspaper of the IEEE
My, could this be part of the problem?
> It never occurred to me to question Petrosky’s claims.
Or this?
Maybe, just maybe, it's very hard to get good reporting on something by people unqualified in a subject?
- anigbrowl 13y agoHe criticizes himself for this too. But he didn't make the guy famous; Petrofsky was already a star, the subject of laudatory movie, and so forth. He became more skeptical and challenged Petrofsky's claims in print in 1985. I think that's a pretty good turnaround time.