More political BS .... Thanks CNN

New York crash prompts calls for airspace restrictions...

Here's the link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15247117/from/RS.3/

I saved the "good" stuff below...

EVERY time there is an accident the media gets the facts all bent out of
shape, the politicians go into overdrive spewing their re-election routine,
and the ignorant public starts ranting about things which they do not know.

It gets really old having people constantly attack a pasttime which I hold
so close to my heart.

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NEW YORK - Federal officials on Friday were winding down their onsite
investigation of the crash of New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle’s plane
into a skyscraper and said they were reviewing rules that allow small
aircraft to fly in Manhattan’s crowded airspace.

The general aviation corridors around Manhattan have been “the Wild West,”
said Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. He and Sen. Charles Schumer said anyone
flying near the island should be under the supervision of air traffic
controllers, especially in the post-Sept. 11 era.

“A smart terrorist could load up a small, little plane with biological,
chemical or even nuclear material and fly up the Hudson or East rivers, no
questions asked,” said Schumer, D-N.Y. “I hope this will be a wake-up call
to the FAA to re-examine flight patterns, which, amazingly enough, they
haven’t done since 9/11.”

New York’s Republican governor, George Pataki, also said the Federal
Aviation Administration “needs to take a much tougher line” about private,
or general aviation, flights over the city.

FAA spokeswoman Laura J. Brown said Thursday the agency has decided to
review those guidelines and flight restrictions.

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Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

wrote:
Errr.... I mean thanks MSNBC... Oh well... they are all the same anyway...

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Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

On 13 Oct 2006 16:26:27 GMT, wrote:

New York crash prompts calls for airspace restrictions...

Here's the link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15247117/from/RS.3/

I saved the "good" stuff below...

EVERY time there is an accident the media gets the facts all bent out of
shape, the politicians go into overdrive spewing their re-election routine,
and the ignorant public starts ranting about things which they do not know.

It gets really old having people constantly attack a pasttime which I hold
so close to my heart.


So your blaming the news media - CNN or MSNBC or whoever, for
reporting what the clueless elected officials are saying?

The media is to blame for their own stupidity.
The politicians only believe what they think the public wants them to
believe. Both attack GA out of pure ignorance.

You missed the point of the entire post.

So your blaming the news media - CNN or MSNBC or whoever, for
reporting what the clueless elected officials are saying?

--
Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

On 13 Oct 2006 17:35:49 GMT, wrote:

The media is to blame for their own stupidity.
The politicians only believe what they think the public wants them to
believe. Both attack GA out of pure ignorance.

You missed the point of the entire post.

So your blaming the news media - CNN or MSNBC or whoever, for
reporting what the clueless elected officials are saying?


No, I think I nailed the point of the post, which was to blame the
news media for bad reporting at a minimum,( or all the ills of the
world at a maximum), for simply quoting what some of the politicians
are saying / considering due to the recent crash in NYC. I'm not a
big fan of the news media either, with the current '24 hours / we must
be sensational and get ratings' standard of journalism, but in this
case it appears that they quoted the politicians accurately.
I do agree with your statement that stupidity certainly seems to lie
in the lap of the politicians and by extension, the people who elected
them.

"xeM" wrote in message
...

No, I think I nailed the point of the post, which was to blame the
news media for bad reporting at a minimum,

By quoting politicians?


-c

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:58:08 +0000, gatt wrote:

No, I think I nailed the point of the post, which was to blame the news
media for bad reporting at a minimum,

By quoting politicians?

When you put it that way, yes. Could you find a less reliable source for
information? I'd be hard-pressed to try.

It would be different if the reporters were honest about it.

"Here's reporter John Doe with another sample of mindless spew from city
councilcritter Hendme Urcash."

- Andrew

"xeM" wrote in message ...
: On 13 Oct 2006 17:35:49 GMT, wrote:
:
: The media is to blame for their own stupidity.
: The politicians only believe what they think the public wants them to
: believe. Both attack GA out of pure ignorance.
:
: You missed the point of the entire post.
:
: So your blaming the news media - CNN or MSNBC or whoever, for
: reporting what the clueless elected officials are saying?
:
:
: No, I think I nailed the point of the post, which was to blame the
: news media for bad reporting at a minimum,( or all the ills of the
: world at a maximum), for simply quoting what some of the politicians
: are saying / considering due to the recent crash in NYC. I'm not a
: big fan of the news media either, with the current '24 hours / we must
: be sensational and get ratings' standard of journalism, but in this
: case it appears that they quoted the politicians accurately.
: I do agree with your statement that stupidity certainly seems to lie
: in the lap of the politicians and by extension, the people who elected
: them.
:
:

It is one of those self fulfilling prophesy sort of things. First someone sees plane, someone else yells. Report comes
in planes yelling. The politician says yelling is not allowed, so the news says no yelling. The plane flies by, yell
occurs, therefore the plane causes yelling and must be banned according to the politician. The new quotes the
politician, the opponent sees the popularity of the quote and says it also. The news builds it up again.

I hate politics...

wrote in message
...
The media is to blame for their own stupidity.

Then why quote what politicians say as if the media said it? Why not
actually quote what the media said?

I'll remind everybody again that last night, CNN aired footage of the
reporter flying a Cirrus through the same course. The difference is, of
course, they had permissioned to enter the Class B and flew at an altitude
sufficient to keep their prop out of people's bedrooms.

You missed the point of the entire post.

Then you didn't make it. You said "More political BS" and then thanked CNN
for what politicians said, and then said, oh, sorry, MSNBCWhatever, and then
said the media is to blame.

If there's a point, could you restate it more precisely? Thanks.

-c

"gatt" wrote:
wrote in message
...
The media is to blame for their own stupidity.

Then why quote what politicians say as if the media said it? Why not
actually quote what the media said?

In general, the media (especially CNN by the way) holds GA in a bad light
in case you have not noticed.

You missed the point of the entire post.

Then you didn't make it. You said "More political BS" and then thanked
CNN for what politicians said, and then said, oh, sorry, MSNBCWhatever,
and then said the media is to blame.

If there's a point, could you restate it more precisely?

The CNN/MSNBC was a typo... You know... a mistake... Though by reading the
article it sure stinks of CNN...

Here's the point...

When there is a GA accident, the media crawls all over looking for the most
ignorant person they can find and give them the spotlight. Again, it is
obvious with this latest accident. To compound the blatent disregard of
journalistic responsibility of the media, they hand the mic over to the
politicians to spew their re-election garbage... Yada Yada Yada more GA
regulations blah blah blah... The media gives the politicians the forum by
which to exploit a tragic situation. It is disgusting.

--
Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com