Media screws up again...

"Sam" wrote in message
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Here's the link:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html

Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??

For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to
comment about things of which they are completely clueless.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Sam" wrote in message
om...
Here's the link:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html

Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??

For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to
comment about things of which they are completely clueless.

Thank heavens none of us are like that.

Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??

For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to
comment about things of which they are completely clueless.

And CJ Campbell writes:

Thank heavens none of us are like that.

Every year, one post rises head and shoulders above the usual mix of
dross, old topics rehashed, and rehashed, and rehashed, and . . . good
solid keepers.

This one has my vote

Tony

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Tony Roberts
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VFR OTT
Night
Almost Instrument
Cessna 172H C-GICE

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Sam" wrote in message
om...
Here's the link:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html

Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??

For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to
comment about things of which they are completely clueless.

Thank heavens none of us are like that.

None of us get paid BIG BUCKS for shooting our mouths off in front of
millions of people, most of whom take us as credible. None of us shooting
our mouths off is a factor in setting national policy (at least not until I
become King).

John or Martha?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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None of us get paid BIG BUCKS for shooting our mouths off in front of
millions of people, most of whom take us as credible. None of us shooting
our mouths off is a factor in setting national policy (at least not until
I
become King).

"Earthquake McGoon" wrote in message
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John or Martha?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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None of us get paid BIG BUCKS for shooting our mouths off in front of
millions of people, most of whom take us as credible. None of us
shooting
our mouths off is a factor in setting national policy (at least not
until
I
become King).

I go both ways!

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:QDGxc.70

Thank heavens none of us are like that.

None of us get paid BIG BUCKS for

When I earned my Journalism degree in 1993, "big bucks" was something like
$17,000 a year. It's about the same now. Maybe $20K.

It's interesting watching pilots trash-talking journalists for not knowing
everything and assuming that journalists make "big bucks." There's
interesting similarities. It's one of the highest-profile and most
treacherous trades, and also one of the lowest-paying.

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:QDGxc.70

Thank heavens none of us are like that.

None of us get paid BIG BUCKS for

When I earned my Journalism degree in 1993, "big bucks" was something like
$17,000 a year. It's about the same now. Maybe $20K.

It's interesting watching pilots trash-talking journalists for not knowing
everything

I work in Civil Engineering and when one of our people don't the answer,
they ask around to find someone who does. It's not hard, really.

and assuming that journalists make "big bucks."

Know how much the talking heads on TV make?

There's
interesting similarities. It's one of the highest-profile and most
treacherous trades,

Yeah...so many got killed last year.

and also one of the lowest-paying.

I doubt a $20K a year journalist is very influential, which is what we were
talking about.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message newsxLxc.101

It's interesting watching pilots trash-talking journalists for not
knowing
everything

I work in Civil Engineering and when one of our people don't the answer,
they ask around to find someone who does. It's not hard, really.

Are their deadlines measured in hours or minutes like pressroom reporters
are?

and assuming that journalists make "big bucks."

Know how much the talking heads on TV make?

They make a lot, but they don't generally write the news content. That
usually comes off the AP wire from some reporter in the field who has to
file the stuff as fast as he or she possibly can. A lot of times, if they
don't file before a competitor, they don't get paid for the story which
means they may have wasted an entire day.

In fact, a crewmember of the B-17s "Outhouse Mouse" and "Nine-O-Nine" (91st
BG) said that a reporter who flew a combat mission was threatened by his
(the vet's) skipper with containment at gunpoint because he tried to bail
out over London to try to file the story first. The reporter was Walter
Cronkite.

There's
interesting similarities. It's one of the highest-profile and most
treacherous trades,

Yeah...so many got killed last year.

Gee. You are you suggesting that General Aviation is dangerous? ;

Seriously, though. You print something, even if it's TRUTH, and you hear
from lawyers threatening to sue you for thousands, tens of thousands,
millions, etc. One misprint can destroy a reporter's career or the
integrity of a publication. It's, like I said, treacherous.

and also one of the lowest-paying.

I doubt a $20K a year journalist is very influential, which is what we
were
talking about.

You'd be surprised. Is a $20K/year CFI not very influential?

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message newsxLxc.101

It's interesting watching pilots trash-talking journalists for not
knowing
everything

I work in Civil Engineering and when one of our people don't the answer,
they ask around to find someone who does. It's not hard, really.

Are their deadlines measured in hours or minutes like pressroom reporters
are?

When an entire 100 man crew is waiting....yes.