Another remark on 2004 MN4

[mmcirvin]

Even though this is probably the most significant asteroid-impact threat since systematic search efforts began, it's also the first instance in which I haven't seen news media saying stupid overblown things about it at all. This is, if nothing else, a major triumph in scientific media relations (so far).

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

...Or maybe it's just a consequence of (1) Christmas followed by (2) an actual major natural disaster happening around the same time.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Maybe the media can't deal with more then one disaster at once.