Big hole in blog about"sinkhole"

Source: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterfoster/100042823/are-there-any-reasonable-explanations-for-spectacular-sinkholes-in-china/

Topic:
Are there any reasonable explanations for spectacular sinkholes in China?

Author: Peter Foster


This story introduced a strange phenomenon that some sinkholes suddenly appeared across China. With some nice pictures (no reference), Mr. Foster described this big disaster and the media reaction in China. He also analyzed the discussion related to 2012, which presented different opinions among the public.

These strange sinkholes are quite newsworthy and people want to know what happened in China and the reason why this happened. It is exactly an interesting story published to discuss these sinkholes.

The problem is the picture below.


Eye-catching picture, isn’t it? Such a big hole among mountains.

Mr.Foster described this picture as “On April 27, several sinkholes appeared one after another in Yinbin City.”

That is a big mistake.

It is not “sinkhole” at all and it has been there for thousands of years, not just appeared “On April 27”.The big hole in this picture is another impressive geological phenomenon called “Karst Tiankeng”.

You may notice that Peter Foster” was formerly the Daily Telegraph's South Asia Correspondent based New Delhi from 2004-2008”. Having four years journalism experience, people still make mistakes when writing in blog.

Currently, blogging may be considered as an alternative to traditional journalism for its increasing popularity. More and more citizens participate actively in the process of collecting, reporting, and analyzing news. But the credibility and accuracy of blogging still needs to be examined. Although blogging may have less political bias, one limitation of blogging news is the personal bias, including excessive prejudices and misunderstandings. Differing from traditional media, which contain investigative journalism, most bloggers simply present partial fact based on personal experiences, due to lack of time and resources.

I am a blogger, too. Don’t trust me before you Google the information in my blog. If you find any mistakes in my blog before 2012, just let me know---I don’t want the new creatures on the earth laughing at me.

Want to know more about these big holes? Click this(from YouTube):

Book is still book

The Mayan Doomsday Prediction

Source:

http://www.2012thetruth.com/2012DoomsdayPrediction.php

Topic:
2012 Doomsday Prediction

Author:
Jim Stein

In Bible it is said that the human beings will end in some day – the Doomsday. The predictions for this special day have emerged in many kinds of civilizations or religions. Recently, the prediction that the world will end at 21 December 2012 according to the Mayans has been quite hot. Many people in the world have their doubts about this prediction, for example, will this prediction finally come true? Or how the world will end when this day come?

In the first part of this article, the author uses evidences to demonstrate that there will be no gravitational force or radiation to be expected from the end of the world. But the author has given three possible scenarios for this special day. The first one is at that day the planet will move away from the galactic planet systems. Second, the earth will end due to an unknown planet called Nibiru. The last possible theory is the Earth's magnetic poles will shift.

Since the 2000, the Mayan’s prediction of Doomsday has been reported in magazines and websites. Articles about the prediction and the end of the world in all aspects are around the Internet. At the same time, there are also many books about this Doomsday have been published. Unlike most of the online articles, these books are very comprehensive. Book is a good source when a journalist wants to introduce some experts’ voice. I believe, even people have relied on Internet, where they can get easy answer by search engine, most of these articles cannot give readers professional vision and a systemic understanding.

It seems that Jim Stein happened to coincide with me on this point. He introduces many books in his article and provides more books links. I believe Jim attaches importance to books to give readers a wider story.