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"MS" == Mortimer Schnerd Mortimer writes:
MS As a result, aircraft engines continue MS to stall and airplanes crash because the pilot's medical had MS expired. This is flat BS and proves you don't know squat about flying. The crashes happen because the reckless pilots fail to file flight plans. -- Whenever anyone says "I can't," it makes me wish he'd get stung to death by about ten thousand bees. When he says "I'll try," five thousand bees. ("I can," one bee.) - Jack Handey |
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Bob Fry wrote:
"MS" == Mortimer Schnerd Mortimer writes: As a result, aircraft engines continue to stall and airplanes crash because the pilot's medical had expired. This is flat BS and proves you don't know squat about flying. The crashes happen because the reckless pilots fail to file flight plans. I stand corrected. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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Bob Fry wrote:
"MS" == Mortimer Schnerd Mortimer writes: MS As a result, aircraft engines continue MS to stall and airplanes crash because the pilot's medical had MS expired. This is flat BS and proves you don't know squat about flying. The crashes happen because the reckless pilots fail to file flight plans. No, the failure to file a flight plan is what caused the engine to stall. It was the engine "stall" that caused the crash. :-) Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote:
Gig601XLBuilder wrote: Matt Whiting wrote: Marty Shapiro wrote: Denny wrote in news:7e60896b-29ad-4df9-b10e- : We can snicker all we want at the clueless reporting of a liberal arts major, low man on the totem pole, who gets sent to report on general aviation - but how many of us have contacted the paqper and the tv station and offered to take the general news reporter(s) flying on a saturday afternoon so we can teach them the basics? denny hand up There was an newscaster in the Bay area many years ago who read an report about a GA incident on the air. This report contained several factual errors about the incident, among which was the picture of a twin for the single engine aircraft involved. The irony was he was a well known local pilot. About a week later, he MCed an all day safety seminar. The first question asked of him was about the factual errors in his report. His response was "I receive a 7 figure salary for reading the news that is handed to me by the editors. If they give me advance copy and I notice an error, I'll point it out to them, but when I'm on the air, I am not going to jeapordize my salary by altering what they hand me." That last statement also pretty much sums of my impression of journalistic integrity. Matt I tend to agree with you on this but he said, "I receive a 7 figure salary for reading the news that is handed to me by the editors." That makes him an announcer not a journalist. So in my opinion he is no different than an actor on some TV show or movie that reads lines. You make a good point, but I don't think the general public makes a distinction between announcer and journalist and I don't much either. The person on the tube is the "face of journalism" to me and I haven't been addressed since Cronkite and his generation retired. That was supposed to be impressed, not addressed! I don't know where that came from... Matt |
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Cronkite was the propagandist that lost the war in VN, of course he worked
for CBS rather than CNN, but the C still means the same thing. "Matt Whiting" wrote in message news ![]() | Gig601XLBuilder wrote: | Matt Whiting wrote: | Marty Shapiro wrote: | Denny wrote in news:7e60896b-29ad-4df9-b10e- | : | | We can snicker all we want at the clueless reporting of a liberal arts | major, low man on the totem pole, who gets sent to report on general | aviation - but how many of us have contacted the paqper and the tv | station and offered to take the general news reporter(s) flying on a | saturday afternoon so we can teach them the basics? | | denny hand up | | | There was an newscaster in the Bay area many years ago who | read an report about a GA incident on the air. This report | contained several factual errors about the incident, among which was | the picture of a twin for the single engine aircraft involved. The | irony was he was a well known local pilot. About a week later, he | MCed an all day safety seminar. The first question asked of him was | about the factual errors in his report. His response was "I receive | a 7 figure salary for reading the news that is handed to me by the | editors. If they give me advance copy and I notice an error, I'll | point it out to them, but when I'm on the air, I am not going to | jeapordize my salary by altering what they hand me." | | That last statement also pretty much sums of my impression of | journalistic integrity. | | Matt | | I tend to agree with you on this but he said, "I receive a 7 figure | salary for reading the news that is handed to me by the editors." That | makes him an announcer not a journalist. So in my opinion he is no | different than an actor on some TV show or movie that reads lines. | | You make a good point, but I don't think the general public makes a | distinction between announcer and journalist and I don't much either. | The person on the tube is the "face of journalism" to me and I haven't | been addressed since Cronkite and his generation retired. | | That was supposed to be impressed, not addressed! I don't know where | that came from... | | Matt |
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