Negative GA on Diane Rehms Show

"Kev" wrote in message
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A few years back we had a run of news copter accidents. One ditched
in the East River. Another spun into a rooftop in Brooklyn (that one
was caught on tape by a rival news copter... and replayed a thousand
times). This was right after they reamed out a GA pilot for crashing
in the streets. But because it was THEIR pilots, and they were
terrified of getting banned from flying low over city streets, all the
TV stations emphasized how brave their pilots were to have saved the
passengers, etc. Quite a different tune, and they were gentler to GA
crashes for a long time afterward.

IIRC, that was just last year.

They'd rather be sensational than right.


We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam
in her eye
It's interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry
You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around
Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry
We can do "The Innuendo"
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry!

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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....snip...

Nice letter, eloquent and reasonable. I think no amount of reason, though,
will stop grandstanding politicians and news media.

Its more like a motorcycle to a freight train.