Gary wrote:
I'm also fed up with the poor way news is delivered, everything is
sensationalized and the real news usually ends up completely different than
the 'facts' that are initially broadcast.

While yesterday's NYC incident was happening, I had the radio on while I
was cutting dovetails for a piece of furniture I'm constructing. I'm
pretty close to the city, so much of our "local" broadcast news comes
from NYC.

The reports went from a small airliner, to a light twin, to no specific
details... They even reported _eyewitnesses_ who saw a multi-engine
plane hit the building. When I finished ~1945 EDT, I cleaned up, closed
up, and read a book in bed until I fell asleep. I didn't watch TV or
listen to broadcast radio after leaving the shop.

The actual facts that were reported this morning were an SR20 with two
aboard. I've seen enough SR20's and 22's in person to know that even
the most non-technical non-pilot would be hard pressed to mistake it for
a small airliner.

I think they just make it up as they go along...