Local reporter takes an intro flight

On Feb 22, 11:22 am, C J Campbell
wrote:
Highly doubtful the CFI acted that way. This reporter threw every old joke he
could find into the article.

No, it was not a service to aviation, nor was it intended to be. It is a
joke, a humor piece, and should be seen in that light.

I get the humor, but you're right - it didn't do any service to GA.
Who knows if any of those quotes attributed to the CFI were even said?
I'd hope that even a dopey 22 year old kid would have more sense than
to say those things to a writer looking for story material.

Saying that "Cessnas were the small planes that carried R&B singer
Aaliyah, New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson and boxing champ
Rocky Marciano to their fiery deaths" is needless sensationalism,
never mind he was comparing a 172 to a 402 and Citation jet. Never let
the facts get in the way of a good story, right? Ugh.