Technically they broadcast facts. But there is spin and manipulation
of the facts. I and many other pilots fly over nuclear power plants
every day. It's a non-issue until CBS puts it in a context designed to
cause fear. Yes, one pilot may have gotten drunk, (and I'm not sure
that wasn't speculation), and flown around in controlled airspace.
What about equal coverage of the 800,000 pilots that didn't do that?
Or equal coverage of the 400 drunk drivers that killed people last
week? Facts can be broadcast very irresponsibly.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.


(StellaStar) wrote in message ...
CJ Campbell (always) says: The media will not air rational responses...

Look, my point is just that some restraint is called for. Pilots are the people
who get drunk and fly over controlled airspace and nuclear power plants, as
accurately reported in the media this week. The media do a deplorable job of
ginning up sensational stories, as proven by a throwaway time-filler CBS
mini-piece this week. But not always. Not even most of the time.

Go ahead and holler about this awful story. I am. But to go on and presume
from that that all "the media," from Kitplanes to the Enquirer to Reuters are
always despicable liars about everything is an overreaction.

Get it out of your system. But if you're going to maintain that they're all
that bad, don't ever again quote us a story you got from any newspaper, tv or
radio report anywhere. If you didn't see it happen, there's no reason to foist
on people a secondhand report you acquired from The Media.

That's my last rant on the subject. For now. Here.