Media screws up again...

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
news:wbryc.11638$eu.9579@attbi_s02...

True, it's a recognized technical meaning. But it's still obscure and
confusing--especially since nothing in the dictionary lets anyone know
that
the more common meaning (for an engine to stop inadvertently) is never
used
by pilots with regard to an airplane's engine.


It's in a standard dictionary, and no more technical than the definition
immediately preceding it, "the sudden, unintended loss of power or
effectiveness in an engine." Perhaps the problem is the rather limited
vocabulary of most journalists?

in article , Tom Sixkiller at
wrote on 6/10/04 11:57 PM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article t, Steven P.
McNicoll at wrote on 6/10/04 7:31 PM:

Getting the story is far more important than getting
the story right. That's the state of journalism today.

I really doubt that it's ever been different. As William Randolph Hearst
told one of his photographers over a hundred years ago, "You supply the
pictures, I'll supply the war".


Hearst was the entire newspaper industry?

I'm not sure how in the world you came to that conclusion, because
absolutely nothing in my statement indicates that I believe that to be the
case.

The state of journalism in this country may be poor, but it's certainly not
helped by the state of reading comprehension.

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article , Tom Sixkiller at
wrote on 6/10/04 11:57 PM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article t, Steven
P.
McNicoll at wrote on 6/10/04 7:31 PM:

Getting the story is far more important than getting
the story right. That's the state of journalism today.

I really doubt that it's ever been different. As William Randolph
Hearst
told one of his photographers over a hundred years ago, "You supply the
pictures, I'll supply the war".


Hearst was the entire newspaper industry?

I'm not sure how in the world you came to that conclusion, because
absolutely nothing in my statement indicates that I believe that to be the
case.

The state of journalism in this country may be poor, but it's certainly
not
helped by the state of reading comprehension.

Maybe if you understood that your alluding conduct of an entire industry to
a single individual?

Maybe if people had better WRITING comprehension, much less critical
thinking ability...

in article , Tom Sixkiller at
wrote on 6/12/04 11:25 AM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article , Tom Sixkiller at
wrote on 6/10/04 11:57 PM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article t, Steven
P.
McNicoll at wrote on 6/10/04 7:31 PM:

Getting the story is far more important than getting
the story right. That's the state of journalism today.

I really doubt that it's ever been different. As William Randolph
Hearst
told one of his photographers over a hundred years ago, "You supply the
pictures, I'll supply the war".


Hearst was the entire newspaper industry?

I'm not sure how in the world you came to that conclusion, because
absolutely nothing in my statement indicates that I believe that to be the
case.

The state of journalism in this country may be poor, but it's certainly
not
helped by the state of reading comprehension.

Maybe if you understood that your alluding conduct of an entire industry to
a single individual?

I was doing nothing of the sort, of course.

Maybe if people had better WRITING comprehension

Why don't you fix your punctuation before you go off on this particular
tangent, 'kay?

, much less critical
thinking ability...

No wonder you hate the media...they're simply too complicated for you.

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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Maybe if you understood that your alluding conduct of an entire industry
to
a single individual?

I was doing nothing of the sort, of course.

Yes, you were, of course.


Maybe if people had better WRITING comprehension

Why don't you fix your punctuation before you go off on this particular
tangent, 'kay?

Why don't you asnwer the question and staop making excuses, brat.


, much less critical
thinking ability...

No wonder you hate the media...they're simply too complicated for you.

Sure, punk...you and your 6th grade (public school) mentality.

in article , Tom Sixkiller at
wrote on 6/12/04 8:35 PM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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Maybe if you understood that your alluding conduct of an entire industry
to
a single individual?

I was doing nothing of the sort, of course.

Yes, you were, of course.

Nonsense. In response to Mr. McNicoll's assertion that "Getting the story is
far more important than getting the story right", I cited the Hearst example
in order to illustrate that such a state of affairs was nothing new.

Maybe if people had better WRITING comprehension

Why don't you fix your punctuation before you go off on this particular
tangent, 'kay?

Why don't you asnwer the question and staop making excuses, brat.

There was a question?

, much less critical
thinking ability...

No wonder you hate the media...they're simply too complicated for you.

Sure, punk...you and your 6th grade (public school) mentality.

I'm sorry you're confused, Tom. All of this is really quite simple and easy
to follow, believe me. You just have to try harder.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:fjoyc.44

Geeez...you can't even follow the point for a few paragraphs. Here it is
again for your limited attention span (does that come with the job?) -
their
viewship is down _dramatically_.

Second ad hom attack. I have no interest in your uneducated opinion or
personal attacks and, given your penchant for talking about things for which
you have no education or professional background, I would not dare fly with
you either.

Your opinion means nothing to me.

*plonk*

-c

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:ydoyc.41

Okay...he's a clue that supports Steven's and my contention: You don't
know
dick about capitalism (which has to closely guard it's reputation...also,
what we have under the FCC is certainly not capitalism, but I'm sure you
got
the opposite info in journalsim school), but you (and your cohorts) love
to
shoot your mouths off.

More ad hominem attacks. Classy. Ya can't talk about a subject with
somebody who has a degree and management experience in the subject, so you
belitte my education and experience. I guess you know everything about
everything. Classic usenet trash.

*plonk*

-c

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

If you have a degree in journalism you are obviously biased.

LOL!

That's classic.

=c

"gatt" wrote in message
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More ad hominem attacks. Classy. Ya can't talk about a subject with
somebody who has a degree and management experience in the subject,
so you belitte my education and experience. I guess you know everything
about everything. Classic usenet trash.


Poor journalists are not born, they're created in journalism schools.