Air France Accident - The newspaper silliness begins

From Jen Horsey (Canadian Press)

The Airbus A-340's twin tail-mounted engines had just started to burn
when Figiola arrived on the scene less than a minute after the crash.

Howdy!

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Greg Farris wrote:
From Jen Horsey (Canadian Press)

The Airbus A-340's twin tail-mounted engines had just started to burn
when Figiola arrived on the scene less than a minute after the crash.

Ummm... which "twin tail-mounted engines" are you referring to on the
four-engined (on the wings) Airbus A-340?

yours,
Michael


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Wow, Michael... you don't miss a thing : )

I think Greg was quoting some knucklehead Canadian reporter that knows
how to read copy but knows nothings about airliners...

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Wow, Michael... you don't miss a thing : )

I think Greg was quoting some knucklehead Canadian reporter that knows
how to read copy but knows nothings about airliners...


Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?

Every time they do something right g

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Wow, Michael... you don't miss a thing : )

I think Greg was quoting some knucklehead Canadian reporter that knows
how to read copy but knows nothings about airliners...


Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?

Matt Barrow wrote:
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I think Greg was quoting some knucklehead Canadian reporter that knows
how to read copy but knows nothings about airliners...


Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?

What the hell would we want to do that for?

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Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?



Well, the media are arguably the most influential political entity in the
US, yet they are held to virtually no ethical standard. They routinely
resort to hyperbole, dramatisation, scare tactics, anti-intellectual
analysis, egregious populism and virtually every other form of
disinformation to sell copy. This would be fine, you say, they distort,
we decide, yet by placing angel-faced intellectual zombies to report on
complex issues, they affect our lives in more ways than we would like. If
a news reporter feels that an accident can be used to sell copy, through
a "Planes are dangerous - GA must be curbed" viewpoint, then there is
nothing to stop them from so doing, and knowledgable rebuttals will never
get the air time the initial chill story received.

So how did Ms Horsey get the job of telling the world the technical
details about this crash, when she doesn't know that an A340 has four,
wing-mounted engines? Obviously, she has to report on an aviation
accident one day, and a cloning controversy the next, with Adidas'
takeover of Reebok thrown in between - and no one can be fully versed in
every subject, but is this a satisfactory excuse? Considering the effect
they have on our lives, can we expect no entry-level competence in
reporting?

Matt Barrow wrote:

Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?


I'm waiting for a couple of news stories from the media that are free of
blatant obvious errors before saying anything nice.

Matt Barrow wrote:

Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?


I'm waiting for a couple of news stories from the media that are free of
blatant obvious errors before saying anything nice.

Matt Barrow wrote:

Don't you people ever say anything nice about the media?

Yep. When they say something nice about us. Can't remember exactly when the last
time was, but I'm sure they did sometime. Maybe.

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