Note on confusion of organizations

I thought it was a hoot when I saw the
Associated Press story about the annular
eclipse yesterday quoting Stephen Maran
and identifying him as being with
the "American Astrological Society":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051003/ap_on_sc/eclipse

....especially since Dr. Maran wrote
"Astronomy for Dummies" and apparently
is involved in astronomy education on
several fronts.

But then I did a Web search on that
non-existent astrology organization
and found 116 references to it. A glance
at the list suggested that in most
cases the writer meant the American
Astronomical Society. But the errors
occurred in places you'd never believe,
such as a press release from Los Alamos
National Laboratory, and a copyright
notice for a paper published in the
Astrophysical Journal!

--
(Charles Packer)
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