"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:wC4yc.33

Assuming the attribution is correct, it was the source who got it
wrong.
On the other hand, the reporter may have misinterpreted his
statement.
Either way, don't you think it would be more productive to write to
the
site and educate the reporter than just bitch about it?

WELL SAID! THANK YOU!

So why is that entire industry so impervious to correcting it's major
fault?

It's interesting hearing comments from people who say that anybody can be a
journalist, who themselves don't even have a high school-level grasp of
their own language. There is no apostrophe in "its major fault." "It's"
is a contraction of "it is."

Now, addressing what Rich was getting at: Rather than bitching on amUsenet,
have you actually bothered to correct a reporter or editor who misused the
term? And, it turns out, the reporter in this case merely reported the
information as it was given to him. So, if the subject were to be targetted
accurately it should read "Aviation industry screws up again," which makes
about as much sense.

-c