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Old August 19th 08, 03:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
jb92563
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Default another example of bungled news reporting

On Aug 18, 10:39*am, Brad wrote:
Yesterday evening the TV news was all a twitter about a Homebuilt
Helicopter that crashed, killing the pilot. News reports were that the
helicopter was built by the pilot................today, we are reading
in the paper (on-line news) the the helicopter was a R-22, hardly a
homebuilt.....but here is the kicker, the pilot took off from a local
airport, and was flying to his house where he had built a helicopter
landing pad.................hardly a home built helicopter.

So................will the TV news folks make a statement correcting
their error, or will the sheep just be allowed to remain frightened of
homebuilt helicopters falling from the sky?

Brad


Fear mongering and sensationalism is common practice amoungst groups
seeking to influence and control others.

Cases in point - religion and politics.