The Wizard of iPhone Speaks (20-22)

Episode 3: Hack number One of writing by Chat/WTF Create a dramatic crisis headline that doesn't deliver!


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Opening music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church, closing  Spiro plays The Entertainer courtesy of Steinway Piano Gallery -- recorded by iPhone at Green Hills Mall (2014), used with permission.

Norway Cement Plant Aims to Clean Up - Headline NYT Tuesday, Oct 29 p/B2
This plan, as written, is so full of factual and logical errors as to bewilder any knowledgeable reader and is further complicated by my belief the Times “writer” had engaged Chat/WTF….
“More than half a ton of the gas arises from every ton of cement that a plant like this turns out.”

NYT 10 - 29 - (20-24) P/B1

If these numbers are accurate, it might make more sense to spend those Euros on an environmental upgrade to the existing facility, which apparently is only 25% efficient. Perhaps they should consider powering the cement plant with an overdrive-equipped cyber/truck by Tesla.

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The Wizard of iPhone Speaks (20-22)By John MaGuirk

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