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Old October 12th 06, 12:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Owen[_4_]
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Default Idiotic News Reporters

".Blueskies." wrote:

"Ron Snipes" wrote in message .. .
: After hearing all the speculation on the news today regarding the aircraft
: that hit the building in NY, I was watching the press conference Mayor
: Bloomburg was doing around 5:30pm. Some female reporter asked if the Flight
: Data Recorder had been found yet? (I'm not bashing female reporters!)
:
: Mayor Bloomburg handled it professionally, and stated that an airplane of
: that size would not have a flight data recorder.
:
: They are all trying to get on the air First...who cares if the info was
: bogus. First it was supposed to be a helicopter.
:
: I have spent 25 years in TV at local stations and a Video & Film Production
: Company, so I'm aware of the problem.
: Ron
:
:

I like the sensational word that all were using...raining debris and fire on the ground...flames leaping from the
windows...smoke billowing out...


Was any of that *not true*? From the pictures and video that I've seen, it sure appears to have been true. If you
were a reporter, what descriptive words would you have been using to describe what was going on?