Horner on NBC Nightly News

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

Hey,
Jack Horner was featured on NBC Nightly News tonight, in a segment about 
"America's top fossil hunter."

Other than another media error (68 million years ago was not the Jurassic 
period), all of us who watched were forced to listen to more rehash regarding 
the T. rex scavenger hypothesis, once again presented as a "new theory."

I doubt it is just me, but I sure am getting tired of this.  This is not to say 
that Horner is wrong (even though I doubt Tyrannosaurus was a full-time 
scavanger).  I am just fed up with these media reports that parrot this 
hypothesis as "startling," "earth-shattering," and "new."

We all certainly know it is not new.  There are many more exciting new 
discoveries and hypotheses when it comes to theropods.  The media should give 
this one a rest.  Please!

My two cents,
Steve

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