Re: [SpaceRef] Keith Cowing busts astronaut's chops re: STS middeck hatch padlock

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:05:36 -0500, "Jeff Findley"
<jeff.findley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"mike flugennock" <flvg3nn0zk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Now, if this reporter Cowing knew both of the PSs in question personally,
and they were, in fact, totally level-headed and professional, that's
fine.

Keith Cowing is no reporter. Most of what he writes has an anti NASA
Management slant. His web site started out as NASA RIF Watch. He gradually
moved away from that towards something approaching a NASA news web site, but
his reporting is still very slanted.

....Correct. Cowing has a major hangup regarding his being terminated
by NASA. According to a couple of e-mails I got through OMBlog,
apparently it was due to some "misconduct" on Cowing's part, but both
commenters - both claiming to be NASA employees requesting anonymity -
declined to say exactly *what* he supposedly did wrong.

....Based on his blatherings and his attitude, I suspect he probably
had an issue with some mid-level manager over some technical aspect,
and when he bitched about it to someone above said mid-level manager,
he got written up and fast-tracked out the door. On the other hand, he
could have been fired for very valid reasons - i.e., misappropriation
of government funds/property, downloading kiddie porn on NASA
computers, badmouthing the PAO within earshot - so who knows?

Bottom Line: He's another anti-NASA jerkwad with a biased agenda who
has no business being referred to as a journalist. He's a muckraker at
best, and a schmuck by any definition. He needs to be given the Buzz
Nuckle Sandwich almost as bad as scum like Sibrel, Guth and this
latest bozo who's cluttering our group with his Moon Hoax Moron drivel
- Sobel, Sodomite, something like that.

OM
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