http://mediabugs.org Activity on Description of light bulb in electrocution story raises questions en-us Copyright 2012 MediaBugs RSS 2.0 generation class http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#111 Status Changed: Open Louise Frock<http://mediabugs.org/people/Louise_Frock> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#111 2010-04-20T08:33:15-07:00 MediaBugs http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#116 Richard P. Gabriel said: There are 8ft fluorescent lamps, and one can imagine a fixture holding, say, 4 of them in a 2x2 configuration for a total of 16ft or so. In ads for such lamps, voltage is a common specification (120 volts versus 220 volts) for the fixture / ballast at least. Voltage refers to voltage, and amperage refers to current. Richard P. Gabriel<http://mediabugs.org/people/Richard_P._Gabriel> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#116 2010-04-21T11:35:21-07:00 MediaBugs http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#117 Status Changed: Open: under discussion Richard P. Gabriel<http://mediabugs.org/people/Richard_P._Gabriel> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#117 2010-04-21T11:35:21-07:00 MediaBugs http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#127 Scott Rosenberg said: We got a response from Vlae Kershner, news director at SFGate: "The reporter believes the story to be a correct transcription of what the police stated." Scott Rosenberg<http://mediabugs.org/people/Scott_Rosenberg> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#127 2010-04-26T08:12:13-07:00 MediaBugs http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#128 Status Changed: Open: responded to Scott Rosenberg<http://mediabugs.org/people/Scott_Rosenberg> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#128 2010-04-26T08:12:32-07:00 MediaBugs http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#159 Louise Frock said: "The reporter believes the story to be a correct transcription of what the police stated." Interesting response. Does this mean the SF Chronicle is content simply with transcribing the statement of a public official and not vetting or verifying its contents? Even after questions are raised by the public about its contents? In this case we're talking about the circumstances of an accidental death. Seems like that could be considered important. How does a guy get electrocuted by a kind of light fixture that may not actually exist? Louise Frock<http://mediabugs.org/people/Louise_Frock> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#159 2010-05-05T08:39:26-07:00 MediaBugs http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#5512 Status Changed: Closed: unresolved admin<http://mediabugs.org/people/admin> http://mediabugs.org/bugs/dubious-description-of-light-bulb-in-electrocution-story#5512 2010-06-21T09:00:41-07:00 MediaBugs